Abstract
Based on summarizing diversified performance of the diarylethene compounds, this review has a closer look of properties that can be photoswitched by using diarylethenes as a photoswitching of fluorescence, fluorescence resonance energy transfer, photoswitching of electrical conductivity, magnetism, liquid crystal and muti-addressable photochromic switches. The effect of the modality of the diarylethene compounds on the property of photoswitching is also introduced. Some future research topics of optical storage materials are discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 698-706 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Progress in Chemistry |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| State | Published - Jun 2006 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Diarylethenes
- Molecular switches
- Optical storage
- Organic photochromism