Photochromic materials: A molecular cushion for isomerization

Nature Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 193-194

  Ichimura, Kunihiro ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; DISCOLORATION; DYES; LENSES; PHOTOCHROMISM; POLYMERS; REACTION KINETICS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COLOR FADING; MOLECULAR CUSHION; ORGANIC DOPANTS; POLYMER MATRICES;

ISOMERIZATION;

OXAZINE DERIVATIVE; POLYMER;

CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; ISOMERISM; NOTE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPECTACLES;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; EYEGLASSES; ISOMERISM; OXAZINES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERS;

EID: 14844300121     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1346     Document Type: Review

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