Vinylruthenium-triarylamine conjugates as electroswitchable polyelectrochromic NIR dyes

Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 85-105

  Polit, Walther ^b   Exner, Thomas ^a,b   Wuttke, Evelyn ^b   Winter, Rainer F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

(Spectro)electrochemistry; triarylamines; Density functional theory (DFT) calculations; Electrochromic compounds; Near infrared (NIR) dyes; Vinyl ruthenium complexes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874823420     PISSN: 10286624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/irm-2012-0005     Document Type: Review

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