Photochromism of diarylethene molecules and crystals: memories, switches, and actuators

M Irie, T Fukaminato, K Matsuda, S Kobatake - Chemical Reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Photochromism is defined as a reversible transformation of a chemical species between two
isomers having different absorption spectra induced in one or both directions by …

Organic photoresponse materials and devices

H Dong, H Zhu, Q Meng, X Gong, W Hu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic photoresponse materials and devices are critically important to organic
optoelectronics and energy crises. The activities of photoresponse in organic materials can …

Unprecedented stability of a photochromic bisthienylethene based on benzobisthiadiazole as an ethene bridge

W Zhu, Y Yang, R Métivier, Q Zhang, R Guillot… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2011 - infona.pl
An open and closed case: The photochromic bisthienylethene BTTE based on
benzobisthiadiazole exhibits excellent photochromic performance in both solution and …

Enantiospecific photoresponse of sterically hindered diarylethenes for chiroptical switches and photomemories

W Li, X Li, Y Xie, Y Wu, M Li, XY Wu, WH Zhu… - Scientific Reports, 2015 - nature.com
Light-driven transcription, replication and enzyme catalysis are critically dependent upon a
delicate transfer between molecular and supramolecular chirality. Chemists have well …

External reversal of chirality transfer in photoswitches

C Jurissek, F Berger, F Eisenreich… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The transfer of stereoinformation is at the heart of asymmetric reactions. By incorporating the
natural monoterpene l‐menthone into the backbone of a diarylethene, we achieved efficient …

Helicenes as chiroptical photoswitches

P Ravat, T Šolomek, M Juríček - ChemPhotoChem, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In this Concept Article, we analyze known helicene systems that function as
chiroptical photoswitches from a stereochemical perspective and classify them based on the …

[HTML][HTML] Chirality and stereoselectivity in photochromic reactions

T Nakagawa, T Ubukata, Y Yokoyama - Journal of Photochemistry and …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this review, the chirality and stereoselectivity in photochromic reactions are broadly
discussed. Stereoselectivity is categorized into the two main areas of enantioselectivity and …

Fluorescent photochromes of diarylethene series: synthesis and properties

VZ Shirinian, DV Lonshakov, AG Lvov… - Russian Chemical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The research data in the field of fluorescent photochromic di (het) arylethenes published
over the last decade are summarized. The characteristics of these compounds significant for …

Bisarylindenols: fixation of conformation leads to exceptional properties of photochromism based on 6π-electrocyclization

H Ogawa, K Takagi, T Ubukata, A Okamoto… - Chemical …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermally irreversible photochromic 1-tert-butyl-substituted 2, 3-bisthiazolylindenol has
been synthesized. It showed perfect diastereoselectivity and high ring-closing quantum yield …

Photochromic Dithienylethene‐Containing Triarylborane Derivatives: Facile Approach to Modulate Photochromic Properties with Multi‐addressable Functions

CT Poon, WH Lam, HL Wong… - Chemistry–A European …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A series of dithienylethene‐containing triarylboranes has been designed, synthesized, and
characterized. The electrochemistry, photophysics, and photochromic behavior have also …