A photoswitchable donor-π-linker-acceptor system based on a modified hexatriene backbone

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Volumn 17, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 2134-2138

  Wüstenberg, Bettina ^a   Branda, Neil R ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERIVATIVES; PHOTOCHROMISM;

FUNCTIONAL COMPOUNDS; PHOTORESPONSIVE COMPOUNDS; PHOTOSWITCHABLE DONOR-ACCEPTOR SYSTEM; RING-CLOSING CYCLE;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 24644479202     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200500441     Document Type: Article

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