Photochromic amorphous molecular materials: Acceleration effect of cis-trans thermal isomerization of 4-[Bis(9,9-dimethylfluoren-2-yl)amino] azobenzene as amorphous film

Nonlinear Optics Quantum Optics

Volumn 34, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 135-140

  Tanino, Takahiro ^a   Takahashi, Toru ^a   Nakano, Hideyuki ^a   Shirota, Yasuhiko ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acceleration effect; Amorphous film; Azobenzene; Cis trans thermal isomerization; Local free volume; Photochromic amorphous molecular material; Photochromism

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; AZO DYES; BENZENE; CHROMOPHORES; ISOMERIZATION; PHOTOCHROMISM;

ACCELERATION EFFECT; AZOBENZENE; CIS-TRANS THERMAL ISOMERIZATION; LOCAL FREE VOLUME; PHOTOCHROMIC AMORPHOUS MOLECULAR MATERIALS;

AMORPHOUS FILMS;

EID: 28844472037     PISSN: 15430537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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