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Thermochromic platinum complexes

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7164624
Thermochromic compounds are described containing the [Pt(dipic)Cl][sup [minus]] anion. These compounds are yellow and monomeric at high temperatures or in low concentrations and abruptly change to red and polymeric at low temperatures or higher solution concentrations. This unusual property allows them to be used as temperature sensors.
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-82
Assignee:
Iowa State Univ. Research Foundation, Inc., Ames, IA (United States)
Patent Number(s):
A; US 4857231
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-202456
OSTI ID:
7164624
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English