Enhancing the light driven modulation of the refractive index in organic photochromic materials: A quantum chemical strategy

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-68

  Adami, Niccol ^a,b   Fazzi, Daniele ^c   Bianco, Andrea ^a,b,d   Bertarelli, Chiara ^a,b,c   Castiglioni, Chiara ^a,b,c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b INSTM   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Density functional theory; Lorentz Lorentz model; Molecular polarizability; Photochromic materials; Refractive index

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955560963     PISSN: 10106030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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