During the past few decades, interest has been rapidly growing in gaining insight into the
properties and transformations of the so-called bistable compounds and molecular systems …

Photochromism is defined as a reversible transformation in a chemical species between two
forms, and in these reversible processes, at least one pathway is induced by …

A comprehensive theoretical study of the reaction mechanisms for the conversion between
spiropyrans (SPs) and the open form of merocyanines (MCs) has been conducted by …

The photophysical and photochemical properties of a series of spiro [2 H-1-benzopyran-2, 2
'-indoline] compounds (Sp-n) five of them containing a nitro group in the 6-position of the …

The review surveys synthetic approaches to spiro [1, 4] oxazines belonging to one of the
most promising classes of organic photochromes. The relationships between the structures …

Contributions by scientists working in international laboratories provide the novice
researcher with synthetic data and high-technology applications of leuco dyes. Covering …

Recent developments in super-resolution microscopy have significantly expanded the
requirements for switchable dyes, leading to demand for specially designed molecular …

The photochromic reaction dynamics of the spiropyran molecule l,, 3', 3'-trimethyl-6-
hydroxyspiro [2//-l-benzopyran-2, 2'-indoline](HBPS) in solutionhave been studied with …

Three spiro [indoline-naphthoxazines] and a spiro [indoline-phenanthroxazine], which
exhibit photochromic and thermochromic properties, have been investigated. Solvent and …

We report the femtosecond transient absorption spectra of the CH 2 I photoproduct of the
methylene iodide (CH 2 I 2) photodissociation. The results indicate a disappearance of this …