On/off photoswitching of the electropolymerizability of terthiophenes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 39, 2008, Pages 12850-12851

  Areephong, Jetsuda ^a   Kudernac, Tibor ^a   De Jong, Jaap J D ^a   Carroll, Gregory T ^a   Pantorott, Davide ^a   Hjelm, Johan ^b   Browne, Wesley R ^a   Feringa, Ben L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DITHIENYLETHENE; ELECTROCHROMIC BEHAVIOR; HOMOGENITY; MASKING TECHNIQUE; PHOTOSWITCHING; POLYMER BACKBONES; SEXITHIOPHENE; SPATIAL CONTROL; SWITCHABLE; TERTHIOPHENE; TERTHIOPHENES; UV AND VISIBLE LIGHT;

ELECTROPOLYMERIZATION; MONOMERS; OLEFINS; POLYMERS;

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY;

MONOMER; TERTHIOPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTRICITY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 67650298822     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja803714p     Document Type: Article

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