Photochromic Materials: More Than Meets The Eye

• Published in: Advanced materials (Weinheim) Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. 378 - 399
• Main Authors: Zhang, Junji, Zou, Qi, Tian, He
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 18.01.2013; WILEY‐VCH Verlag
• Subjects: Color; Data storage; Electronic devices; Excitation; Gates; Humans; Liquid Crystals - chemistry; Logic; Organic Chemicals - chemistry; Photochemical Processes; Sensors; Surface Properties; Switches; Thiophenes - chemistry; Wire

Photochromic materials are a family of compounds which can undergo reversible photo‐switches between two different states or isomers with remarkably different properties. Inspired by their smart photo‐switchable characteristics, a variety of light‐driven functional materials have been exploited, suc...