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Title: Organic solid state optical switches and method for producing organic solid state optical switches

Patent ·
OSTI ID:97090

This invention consists of a light-intensity dependent molecular switch comprised of a compound which shuttles an electron or a plurality of electrons from a plurality of electron donors to an electron acceptor upon being stimulated with light of predetermined wavelengths, and a method for making said compound.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31-109-ENG-38
Assignee:
ANL; SCA: 990200; 426000; PA: EDB-95:127888; NTS-96:001488; ERA-20:028537; SN: 95001445202
Patent Number(s):
PATENTS-US-A8084093
Application Number:
ON: DE95017134; PAN: 8-084,093
OSTI ID:
97090
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 1993 Jul 01; Other Information: PBD: 1993; Related Information: U. S. Patent No. 5,539,100. Filed 07/23/1996.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English