A room-temperature X-ray-induced photochromic material for X-ray detection

Ming-Sheng Wang; Chen Yang; Guan-E Wang; Gang Xu; Xiang-Ying Lv; Zhong-Ning Xu; Rong-Guang Lin; Li-Zhen Cai; Guo-Cong Guo

doi:10.1002/anie.201108220

A room-temperature X-ray-induced photochromic material for X-ray detection

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2012 Apr 2;51(14):3432-5. doi: 10.1002/anie.201108220. Epub 2012 Feb 28.

Authors

Ming-Sheng Wang¹, Chen Yang, Guan-E Wang, Gang Xu, Xiang-Ying Lv, Zhong-Ning Xu, Rong-Guang Lin, Li-Zhen Cai, Guo-Cong Guo

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, PR China.

PMID: 22374820
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201108220

Abstract

A color change: X-ray-induced photochromic species are rare and can be used for detection of X-rays. A highly robust X-ray-sensitive material with the discrete structure of a metal-organic complex has been found to show both soft and hard X-ray-induced photochromism at room temperature. A new ligand-to-ligand electron-transfer mechanism was proposed to elucidate this photochromic phenomenon.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Coordination Complexes / chemistry
Electron Transport
Ligands
Metals / chemistry*
Organic Chemicals / chemistry*
Temperature
X-Rays

Substances

Coordination Complexes
Ligands
Metals
Organic Chemicals