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Photochemical Materials: Absorbers, Emitters, Displays, Sensitisers, Acceptors, Traps and Photochromics

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In this chapter we discuss some of the typical materials used in photochemistry. We describe, in general terms, how their suitability for application as absorber, emitter, sensitiser, energy acceptor or quencher, depends on the energy states within the material and the routes of interconversion between these states, and also how suitability as a redox or chemical sensitiser/acceptor/trap is determined by specific chemical reactivities. We describe the application of photochemical principles to the design of light sources and displays, and describe the photochemical principles and applications of photochromics and molecular switches. A table giving the structures, characteristics, and uses, of a number of compounds widely used in photochemistry is provided at the end of the chapter.

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Davies, M.L., Douglas, P., Evans, R.C., Burrows, H.D. (2013). Photochemical Materials: Absorbers, Emitters, Displays, Sensitisers, Acceptors, Traps and Photochromics. In: Evans, R., Douglas, P., Burrow, H. (eds) Applied Photochemistry. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3830-2_4

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