Up-conversion luminescent switch based on photochromic diarylethene and rare-earth nanophosphors
Zhiguo Zhou1, He Hu, Hong Yang
1Department of Chemistry & Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, PR China.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|October 3, 2008
Abstract:
We have demonstrated a novel and unique route to a highly efficient luminescent switch with nondestructive readout capability by utilizing photochromic diarylethene and up-conversion LaF(3):Yb,Ho nanophosphors.
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