Photocleavage
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The cleavage of a bond by photolysis.
"We also perform IR-VIS absorbance measurements and find that the results suggest that during irradiation some of the dye molecules form dimers and trimers and that the polymer host is irreversibly damaged by photooxidation and Norrish type I photocleavage."
Example
More examples"We also perform IR-VIS absorbance measurements and find that the results suggest that during irradiation some of the dye molecules form dimers and trimers and that the polymer host is irreversibly damaged by photooxidation and Norrish type I photocleavage."
Etymology
From photo- + cleavage.
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