Reversible photoisomerisability and particle size changes of mill-dispersed azobenzene crystals in water.
Azobenzene crystals exhibited E/Z photoisomerisability at a level of ca. 30%, accompanied by particle size changes, when they were milled in water to fabricate submicron-sized particles.
Ichimura
Kunihiro
K
Faculty of Science, Toho University, 2-2-1 Miyama, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8510, Japan. k-ichimura@sci.toho-u.ac.jp