Photoreactions in amphiphilic microreactors with “soft” cavities: Controlling product selectivity in solution

Current Organic Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 2016-2036

  Yuan, Zhao ^b   Liang, Feng ^a,c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Confined microenvironment; Dendrimers; Micelles; Microreactors; Photochemistry; Photophysics; Polymers; Vesicles

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; PHOTOREACTIVITY; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

AMPHIPHILICS; CONFINED MICROENVIRONMENT; DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS; MICRO-REACTOR; MICROENVIRONMENTS; PHOTOCHEMICAL BEHAVIORS; PHOTOPHYSICS; PHOTOREACTIONS; PRODUCT SELECTIVITIES; VESICLE;

ZEOLITES;

EID: 84907185198     PISSN: 13852728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1385272819666140514005617     Document Type: Article

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