Chromophore aggregation and photoinduced dichroism in sol-gel films

Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids

Volumn 354, Issue 2-9, 2008, Pages 688-692

  Marino, Iari Gabriel ^a   Raschellà, Raffaella ^a   Lottici, Pier Paolo ^a   Bersani, Danilo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Organic inorganic hybrids; Photoinduced effects

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; CHROMOPHORES; DICHROISM; PLASTICIZERS; THIN FILMS; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

CHROMOPHORE AGGREGATION; ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRIDS; PHOTOINDUCED DICHROISM; PHOTOINDUCED EFFECTS;

SOL-GELS;

EID: 36849033842     PISSN: 00223093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2007.07.072     Document Type: Article

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