Novel synthesis of photochromic polymers via ROMP.
[reaction: see text] Ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of a photochromic 1, 2-bis(3-thienyl)cyclopentene monomer generated a series of novel polymers. All polymers exhibit reversible light-activated interconversion between their colorless-open and their colored-closed forms.
Myles
A J
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Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Zhang
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Z
Liu
G
G
Branda
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