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Photoinduced Reversible Formation of Microfibrils on a Photochromic Diarylethene Microcrystalline Surface
Author(s) -
Uchida Kingo,
Izumi Norikazu,
Sukata Shinichiro,
Kojima Yuko,
Nakamura Shinichiro,
Irie Masahiro
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200602126
Subject(s) - diarylethene , photochromism , microcrystalline , irradiation , photochemistry , materials science , visible spectrum , morphology (biology) , chemistry , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , optoelectronics , crystallography , physics , geology , paleontology , nuclear physics , engineering
In a different light : A photoinduced change in surface morphology provides reversible changes in the superhydrophobic properties of a photochromic diarylethene film. The effect is achieved by the reversible formation of fine fibril structures on the coated microcrystalline surface upon irradiation by UV or visible light (see picture).