Remarkable effects of side-chain alkyl substituents on thermochromic behavior of peralkyldecasilanes

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Kuninori Obata, Mitsuo Kira, Kuninori Obata and Mitsuo Kira


Abstract

The absorption spectrum of perhexyldecasilane shows marked temperature dependence; a two-site model, similar to the transition from a random coil to an all pseudo-trans rod conformation proposed for poly(dihexylsilylene), is proposed to explain this effect.


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