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- Title
Discovery and development of photochromic diarylethenes.
- Authors
Irie, Masahiro
- Abstract
A new family of thermally irreversible photochromic molecules, named 'diarylethene,' was serendipitously discovered a quarter of a century ago. The diarylethenes undergo thermally irreversible, fatigue resistant, ultrafast and highly sensitive photochromic reactions. Many of diarylethenes can undergo photochromic reactions even in the single-crystalline phase. The outstanding photochromic performance attracts considerable attention from both scientific and technological points of view, and stimulates research from fundamental physico-chemical aspects to various applications. Here, it is reported how such thermally irreversible photochromic diarylethenes were discovered and developed.
- Subjects
DIARYLETHENE; PHOTOCHROMIC materials; THERMOPHYSICAL properties; SINGLE crystals; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL research
- Publication
Pure & Applied Chemistry, 2015, Vol 87, Issue 7, p617
- ISSN
0033-4545
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/pac-2015-0208