Solid-state spiropyrans exhibiting photochromic properties based on molecular flexibility
Lei Zhang, Yawen Deng, Yubao Tang, Congxia Xie, Zhongtao Wu
Abstract
Solid-state spiropyrans hardly exhibit photochromism at room temperature. Here, a new strategy by increasing the molecular flexibility is reported for achieving photochromic solid-state materials with pure spiropyrans.
Topics & Concepts
PhotochromismFlexibility (engineering)Solid-stateMaterials sciencePhotochemistryNanotechnologyChemistryPhysical chemistryStatisticsMathematicsPhotochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryPhotoreceptor and optogenetics researchSupramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials