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photocleavage

photocleavage noun: the cleavage of a bond by photolysis.

Noun

photocleavage

  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.2015, Benjamin R. Anderson, Ray Gunawidjaja, Hergen Eilers, “Photodegradation and self-healing in a Rhodamine 6G dye and Y₂O₃ nanoparticle-doped polyurethane random laser”, in App. Phys. B, volumes...

Origin of photocleavage

From photo- + cleavage.

Questions about photocleavage

What does photocleavage mean?
Photocleavage means the cleavage of a bond by photolysis.
What part of speech is photocleavage?
Photocleavage is a noun.

Words near photocleavage in the dictionary

  1. photochronograph
  2. photochronographic
  3. photochronographs
  4. photochronography
  5. photocleavable
  6. photocleavage
  7. photocleave
  8. photocleaved
  9. photocleaves
  10. photocleaving
  11. photoclinometer

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