Molecular systems encompassing more than one photochromic entity can be used to build
highly functional materials, thanks to their potential multi-addressability and/or multi …

Nanoscale structures, including molecules, supramolecules, polymers, functionalized
surfaces, and crystalline/amorphous solids, can commute between two or more forms …

In this perspective, we present an overview of the determination of excited-state properties of
“real-life” dyes, and notably of their optical absorption and emission spectra, performed …

This work combines hyper-Rayleigh scattering (HRS) experiments performed in the NIR
range (1.30 and 1.60 μm) and quantum chemical calculations to provide a comprehensive …

This work demonstrates that the recognition of cations by molecular switches can give rise to
large contrasts of the second-order nonlinear optical (NLO) properties, which can therefore …

The days of rewritable paper are coming, printers of the future will use water-jet paper.
Although several kinds of rewritable paper have been reported, practical usage of them is …

The second-order nonlinear optical responses of a series of recently designed dipolar
merocyanines are investigated using the 2006 Minnesota family of hybrid exchange …

The first hyperpolarizability (β) of representative push–pull π-conjugated compounds has
been calculated at several levels of approximation to assess the effects of electron …

Hyper-Rayleigh scattering (HRS) experiments and quantum chemical calculations are
combined to investigate the second-order nonlinear optical responses of a series of …

Spiropyrans and spirooxazines represent an important class of photochromic compounds
with a wide variety of applications. In order to effectively utilize and design these …