Reversible photochromic switch ensemble and its photoimaging using H+ transfer between spiropyran and fluorescein in
Chan Woo Lee1, Young Ho Song, Youngil Lee
1Department of Chemistry, University of Ulsan, Ulsan 680-749, Korea. lcw5113@ulsan.ac.kr
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|October 15, 2009
Abstract:
Reversible photochromic changes and photoimaging were accomplished by H+ transfer between spiropyran and fluorescein in a polymer matrix.
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