Photoresponsive Thiophene-Based Molecules and Materials

Handbook of Thiophene-Based Materials: Applications in Organic Electronics and Photonics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 783-811

  Ubaghs, Luc ^a   Sud, David ^a   Branda, Neil R ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amorphous film photochromism; Desire for on off control and field of molecular switching; Metal surface photochromism; Photoresponsive thiophene based molecules and materials; Polymer photochromism; Single crystal photochromism; Thiophene ring modification; Versatile dithienylethene architecture for material science applications

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857817106     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470745533.ch21     Document Type: Chapter

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