Nanosecond laser-induced amplification of a photochromic reaction in a diarylethene nanoparticle

Date 25th, Sep 2020
Source Nanowerk - Nanotechnology Websites

DESCRIPTION

Researchers have found a drastically amplified ring-opening reaction yield in aqueous nanoparticle colloids of a photochromic diarylethene when induced by an intense nanosecond laser pulse, and clarified its amplification mechanism.