Negative photochromism of a blue cyanine dye.

Negative photochromism of a blue cyanine dye.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2020 Nov 23;:
Authors: Nemoto K, Enoki M, Katoh R, Suzuki K, Murase T, Imazeki S
Abstract
We found a novel blue cyanine dye that exhibits negative photochromism. Upon photoexcitation of the dye solution, the blue colour visibly disappeared, and after several hours the absorbance of the solution recovered completely, indicating that the dye has high stability.
PMID: 33227107 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Chemical Communications - November 23, 2020 Category: Chemistry Authors: Nemoto K, Enoki M, Katoh R, Suzuki K, Murase T, Imazeki S Tags: Chem Commun (Camb) Source Type: research