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Synfacts 2007(4): 0376-0376  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-968314
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Moving Molecules with Light

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Trisha L. Andrew
L.-H. Liu, K. Nakatani, R. Pansu, J.-J. Vachon, P. Tauc, E. Ishow*
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, France
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23 March 2007 (online)

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Significance

The authors synthesize a fluorescent, squaraine-functionalized azo dye (AzoSQ) and investigate its application in holographic data storage. Upon irradiation at 488 nm, AzoSQ was found to produce a fluorescent pattern (with up to 10% contrast) due to photoinduced molecular migration.