photocleavage

English

Etymology

photo- +‎ cleavage

Noun

photocleavage

1. (chemistry, physics) The cleavage of a bond by photolysis.
   • 2015, Benjamin R. Anderson, Ray Gunawidjaja, Hergen Eilers, “Photodegradation and self-healing in a Rhodamine 6G dye and Y$_{2}$O$_{3}$ nanoparticle-doped polyurethane random laser”, in App. Phys. B‎^[1], volumes 1-12, pages 1–12:

     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.