Direct measurement of photochromic durability at the single-molecule level

Chemistry Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 676-677

  Fukaminato, Tuyoshi ^a   Umemoto, Tohru ^a   Iwata, Yasuhide ^a   Irie, Masahiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 22244486628     PISSN: 03667022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/cl.2005.676     Document Type: Article

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