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Cover Picture: Highly Efficient Visible‐Light Driven Photochromism: Developments towards a Solid‐State Molecular Switch Operating through a Triplet‐Sensitised Pathway (Chem. Eur. J. 16/2011)
Author(s) -
Brayshaw Simon K.,
Schiffers Stephanie,
Stevenson Anna J.,
Teat Simon J.,
Warren Mark R.,
Bennett Robert D.,
Sazanovich Igor V.,
Buckley Alastair R.,
Weinstein Julia A.,
Raithby Paul R.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201190076
Subject(s) - photoswitch , photochromism , diarylethene , photochemistry , raman spectroscopy , molecular switch , spiropyran , solid state , materials science , spectroscopy , visible spectrum , chemistry , optoelectronics , molecule , optics , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
A visible‐light driven highly efficient molecular photoswitch is presented, which operates through a triplet‐sensitized pathway owing to the presence of two Pt II centres decorating one diarylethene unit. A combination of X‐ray crystallography, transient absorption, and resonance Raman spectroscopy have revealed the properties of the photoswitch in solution, thin film, powder, and in a single crystal. For more details see the Full Paper by J. A. Weinstein, P. R. Raithby et al. on page 4385 ff.