The photochromism of unsymmetrical diarylethene isomers with an electron-withdrawing cyano substituent

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Pu, Shouzhi ^a   Liu, Weijun ^a   Liu, Gang ^a  

^a Nanchang Normal University   (China)

Author keywords

Crystal; Cyano substituent position effect; Diarylethene; Electrochemistry; Photochemistry; Photochromism

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION MAXIMA; BENZENE RING; CRYSTALLINE PHASE; CYANO GROUPS; CYCLOREVERSION; DIARYLETHENE; DIARYLETHENES; ELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIOUR; ELECTRONWITHDRAWING; FLUORESCENCE SWITCH; ISOMERIC COMPOUNDS; MOLAR ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; PARENT COMPOUNDS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PMMA FILMS; POSITION EFFECT; SINGLE CRYSTAL X-RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; UNSYMMETRICAL;

ABSORPTION; BENZENE; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; OLEFINS; PHOTOCHROMISM; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ISOMERS;

ABSORPTION; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FILM; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 77951667355     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2010.01.015     Document Type: Article

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