Photochromism of a radical diffusion-inhibited hexaarylbiimidazole derivative with intense coloration and fast decoloration performance

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Volumn 10, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3105-3108

  Fujita, Kana ^a   Hatano, Sayaka ^a   Kato, Daisuke ^a   Abe, Jiro ^a  

^a AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 59949083462     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol801135g     Document Type: Article

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