Photochromic materials : preparation, properties and applications / / edited by He Tian and Junji Zhang

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910134856903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Weinheim, Germany : , : Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 3-527-68372-0; 3-527-68370-4; 3-527-68373-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (438 p.)
• Disciplina: 547.05532
• Soggetti: Photochromic materials; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Chapter 1 Introduction: Organic Photochromic Molecules; Chapter 2 Photochromic Transitional Metal Complexes for Photosensitization; Chapter 3 Multi-addressable Photochromic Materials; Chapter 4 Photoswitchable Supramolecular Systems; Chapter 5 Light-Gated Chemical Reactions and Catalytic Processes; Chapter 6 Surface and Interfacial Photoswitches; Chapter 7 Hybrid Organic/Photochromic Approaches to Generate Multifunctional Materials, Interfaces, and Devices; Chapter 8 Photochromic Bulk Materials; 2.2 Photosensitization of Stilbene- and Azo-Containing Ligands2.3 Photosensitization of Spirooxazine-Containing Ligands; 2.4 Photosensitization of Diarylethene-Containing Ligands; 2.5 Photosensitization of Photochromic N^C-Chelate Organoboranes; 2.6 Conclusion; References; 3.1 Molecular Logic Gates; 3.2 Data Storage and Molecular Memory; 3.3 Gated Photochromores; References; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Photoreversible Amphiphilic Systems; 4.3 Photoswitchable Host-Guest Systems; 4.4 Photochromic Metal Complexes and Sensors; 4.5 Other Light-Modulated Supramolecular Interactions; 4.6 Conclusions and OutlookReferences; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 General Design Considerations; 5.3 Photoswitchable Stoichiometric Processes; 5.4 Photoswitchable Catalytic Processes; 5.5 Outlook; References; 6.1 Photochromic SAMs; 6.2 Photoregulated Nanoparticles; 6.3 Photocontrolled Surface Conductance; References; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Tuning the Polaronic Transport in Organic Semiconductors by Means of Photochromic Molecules; 7.3 Photoresponsive Dielectric Interfaces and Bulk; 7.4 Conclusions and Future Outlooks; Acknowledgments; References; 8.1 Photochromic Polymers; 8.2 Single-Crystalline Photoswitches8.3 Photochromic Liquid Crystals; 8.4 Photochromic Gels; References; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Reversible Photochemical Switching of Biomaterial Function; 9.3 General Design Strategies and Considerations; 9.4 Selected Examples; 9.5 Summary; References; 10.1 Industrialization and Commercialization of Organic Photochromic Materials; 10.2 Perspectives for Organic Photochromic Materials; References; 1.1.1 General Introduction; 1.1.2 Basic Principles; 1.1.3 Photochromic Molecules: Some History; 1.2.1 Proton Transfer; 1.2.2 Trans-Cis Photoisomerization; 1.2.3 Homolytic Cleavage