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Unusually long-lived light-induced metastable state in a thermochromic copper(II) complex
Kazuyuki Takahashi1, Rie Nakajima, Zhong-ze Gu
1Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology (KAST), KSP Bldg., East 412, 3-2-1 Sakado, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 213-0012, Japan.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|August 13, 2002
Abstract:
We report the first observation of a color change from red to purple for a thermochromic complex, [Cu(dieten)2](BF4)2 (dieten = N,N-diethylethylenediamine), which is induced by illuminating with UV light.