photoactive
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Azo-polymers are photoactive materials, meaning they undergo changes when light is shined on them.
From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2024
The scientists combined the two photoactive polymorphs of cesium lead iodide to form a phase-heterojunction -- which can suppress the transformation to the undesirable phase, the scientists said.
From Science Daily • Oct. 24, 2023
Although not a complex, self-darkening sunglasses are an example of a photoactive substance.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
By incorporating thin interfacial layers of either alcohol- or water-soluble polymers or a fullerene bisadduct surfactant between the photoactive layer and the electron-collecting electrode, performance was substantially increased.
From Nature • Aug. 15, 2012
The thin in thin film refers to the skinny layers of photoactive chemicals needed for the technology, as compared with the thicker films used in crystalline-silicon solar modules.
From Time Magazine Archive
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