The study of photophysical processes and photochemical reactions of cyanine dyes still
attracts considerable attention due to the wide applications in silver halide1 and …

Achiral molecules of 5, 5 ', 6, 6 '-tetrachlorobenzimidacarbocyanine dyes having 1, 1 '-di-n-
alkyl substituents longer than hexyl combined with 3, 3 '-bis (2-acidoethyl) or 3, 3 '-bis (3 …

In this paper we discuss the molecular and macroscopic requirements for large second
order nonlinear optical effects in polymeric systems. A new enhancement mechanism …

Access to excited-state structures and dynamics of π-chromophor aggregates is needed to
understand their fluorescence behavior and the properties of related materials. A quantum …

This critical review provides an overview on the formation of π-stacks of functional dyes in
solution, aiming to acquaint young researchers with this topical research field and to …

The visible spectral properties of a set of merocyanine dyes have been determined
experimentally and compared to theoretical estimates calculated using time-dependent …

This volume examines the chemistry of natural and synthetic dyes produced for non-textile
markets, where much new basic research in color chemistry is now taking place. The first …

As details of exciting photonic and electronic properties arising from self-assembled
functional dyes and related π-conjugated molecules become clearer, strategies for control of …

Polarized-light microscopy, fluorescence microscopy, atomic force microscopy as well as
absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy were used to characterize mesoscopic structures …

Azo dyes bearing acrylamide groups were synthesized and copolymerized with acrylic and
methacrylic acids to yield photochromic polyelectrolytes. The optical behavior of the …