Mechanistic studies on the photodegradation of 2,5-dialkyloxyl-substituted para-phenylenevinylene oligomers by singlet oxygen

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 942-948

  Burrows, Hugh D ^a   Narwark, Oliver ^b,f   Peetz, Ralf ^b,g   Thorn Csányi, Emma ^b   Monkman, Andrew P ^c   Hamblett, Ian ^d   Navaratnam, Suppiah ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f Schreiner Group GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

^g CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGO(P-PHENYLENE VINYLENE); POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE; SINGLET OXYGEN; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

KINETICS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; POLYVINYLS; SINGLET OXYGEN; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 77954184525     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c0pp00053a     Document Type: Article

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