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Title

Research advances in the synthesis and applications of ferrocene‐based electro and photo responsive materials.

Authors

Khan, Amin; Wang, Li; Yu, Haojie; Haroon, Muhammad; Ullah, Raja Summe; Nazir, Ahsan; Elshaarani, Tarig; Usman, Muhammad; Fahad, Shah; Haq, Fazal

Abstract

Individually, ferrocene and photochromic materials have several important attributes and applications. Ferrocene is a promising candidate of stimuli‐responsive materials due to its electronic, electrochemical and magnetic properties. On the same lines, photo‐sensitive materials are also an important class of stimuli‐responsive materials which can be modified according to the needs. Recently, a lot of keen attention has been given to the combination of ferrocene with different photo‐sensitive moieties to get novel functional materials. This review illustrates the research advances in the combination of ferrocene‐based small molecules, self‐assembled monolayers and polymers with photo‐responsive compounds and their potential applications. Research outputs in the combination of ferrocene‐based small molecules, self‐assembled monolayers and polymers with photo‐responsive compounds and their potential applications have been enlightened in this review.

Subjects

PHOTOCHROMIC materials; MONOMOLECULAR films; MOLECULAR self-assembly; FERROCENE; MAGNETIC properties of metamaterials; MOIETIES (Chemistry)

Publication

Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 2018, Vol 32, Issue 12, pN.PAG

ISSN

0268-2605

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1002/aoc.4575