A photoswitchable bichromophoric oxazine with fast switching speeds and excellent fatigue resistance

Canadian Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 110-116

  Deniz, Erhan ^a   Impellizzeri, Stefania ^a   Sortino, Salvatore ^b   Raymo, Franisco M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heterocycles; Molecular switches; Oxazines; Photochromism; Photoisomerization

Indexed keywords

CATIONIC FRAGMENTS; ETHYNYL; FAST SWITCHING; FATIGUE RESISTANCE; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; HETEROCYCLES; MOLECULAR SWITCHES; OXAZINES; PHOTO-SWITCHABLE; PHOTOCHROMES; PHOTOCHROMIC OXAZINES; PHOTOINDUCED RING OPENING; PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTORESPONSIVE; RIGID POLYMERS; SWITCHING CYCLES; SWITCHING TIME; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATIONS; VISIBLE REGION;

DYES; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; ISOMERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NEGATIVE IONS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PHOTOCHROMISM; POSITIVE IONS; QUANTUM YIELD; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79951493830     PISSN: 00084042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/V10-070     Document Type: Article

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