Av. Metelitsa et al., NOVEL FATIGUE-RESISTANT SPIROOXAZINES, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science and technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals, 246, 1994, pp. 33-36
Novel photochromic fatigue-resistant spirooxazines of the phenantrene
and phenantroline series were synthesized and studied in solutions and
PMMA films. The efficiency of photocoloration (eta=0,36-0,95) is clos
e to that of 6-NO2-BIPS (eta=1). Kinetics of the dark bleaching is of
nonexponential type with tau 1/2=2-7 s and 18-32 s (T=298 K) in soluti
ons and PMMA respectively. The number of coloring-bleaching cycles n-2
10-1320 (PMMA) substantially overcomes that of 6-NO2-BIPS (n=11).