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Excellent Reversible Photochromic Behavior of 4-Octyl-4′-(5-carboxylpentamethyleneoxy)-azobenzene in Organized Monolayer Assemblies

1990; Oxford University Press; Volume: 19; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1246/cl.1990.1023

1348-0715

Zhongfan Liu, B.H. Loo, Ryo Baba, Akira Fujishima,

Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials

Abstract We report the first observation of a photochromic behavior of an amphiphilic azobenzene derivative in the close-packing LB films on a solid support. The excellent reversibility was achieved only after the LB films were ‘pretreated’ with UV irradiation.