New materials which respond to visible light: functional polymers containing zirconium

Autor: Ueda, Hisashi, Yonemura, Michiko, Sekine, Tadao
Zdroj: Journal of Materials Science; September 1987, Vol. 22 Issue: 9 p3349-3352, 4p
Abstrakt: Photoresponsive polymers which change their magnetic properties when illuminated by visible light have been found. n-Butyl zirconate was polymerized in tetrahydrofuran and other solvents. The polymer, when illuminated, changes its conformation and a new spin-nuclear interaction in the electron spin resonance spectrum is observed. These polymers, when 1 wt% Pt was added, exhibited photocatalytic activities and photolysed a 1:1 methanol-H2O mixture and a 0.24 M Na2S aqueous solution, using visible light of wavelength 480 to 730 nm.
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