title: Backbone photochromic polymers containing the dimethyldihydropyrene moiety: toward optoelectronic switches.
abstract: The design and synthesis of the first electrically conducting main chain photochromic conjugated polymer incorporating dimethyldihydropyrene is reported, as is the demonstration of the corresponding repeat unit as an optoelectronic redox switch.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA. michael.marsella@ucr.edu
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Marsella
authors.forename: Z Q
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Mitchell