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Effect of Covalently Incorporated Azobenzenes on Dendrimers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

D. V. McGrath
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, mcgrath@u.arizona.edu
D. M. Junge
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269
A. Cheng
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269
G. D'Ambruoso
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269
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Abstract

Several new azobenzene-containing dendritic molecules have been prepared and characterized. The photoresponsive characterization of these dendrimers illustrates the insensitivity of the photochromic behavior of the azobenzene with respect to the nature of the attached dendritic fragment.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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