Han, Yulian; Hamada, Morihiko; Chang, I-Ya; Hyeon-Deuk, Kim; Kobori, Yasuhiro; Kobayashi, Yoichi published an article in 2021. The article was titled 《Fast T-Type Photochromism of Colloidal Cu-Doped ZnS Nanocrystals》, and you may find the article in Journal of the American Chemical Society.COA of Formula: C10H16CuO4 The information in the text is summarized as follows:
This paper reports on durable and nearly temperature-independent (at 298-328 K) T-type photochromism of colloidal Cu-doped ZnS nanocrystals (NCs). The color of Cu-doped ZnS NC powder changes from pale yellow to dark gray by UV light irradiation, and the color changes back to pale yellow on a time scale of several tens of seconds to minutes after stopping the light irradiation, while the decoloration reaction is accelerated to submillisecond in solutions This decoloration reaction is much faster than those of conventional inorganic photochromic materials. The origin of the reversible photoinduced coloration is revealed to be a strong optical transition involving a delocalized surface hole which survives over a minute after escaping from intraparticle carrier recombination due to electron-hopping dissociation ZnS NCs can be easily prepared in a water-mediated one-pot synthesis and are less toxic. Therefore, they are promising for large-scale photochromic applications such as windows and building materials in addition to conventional photochromic applications. Moreover, the present study demonstrates the importance of excited carrier dynamics and trap depths, resulting in coloration over minutes not only for photochromic nanomaterials but also for various advanced photofunctional materials, such as long persistent luminescent materials and photocatalytic nanomaterials. The experimental part of the paper was very detailed, including the reaction process of Bis(acetylacetone)copper(cas: 13395-16-9COA of Formula: C10H16CuO4)
Bis(acetylacetone)copper(cas: 13395-16-9) is used as PVC stabilizer, and curing agents for epoxy resins, acrylic adhesives and silicone rubbers. It is also used as solvents, lubricant additives, paint drier, and pesticides.COA of Formula: C10H16CuO4
Referemce:
Copper catalysis in organic synthesis – NCBI,
Special Issue “Fundamentals and Applications of Copper-Based Catalysts”