Recent years have witnessed tremendous progress and developments of the
photoswitchable spiropyran-based polymers, owing to distinctive and particular …

Spiropyrans have played a pivotal role in the emergence of the field of chromism following
their discovery in the early 20th century, with almost ubiquitous use in materials applications …

Transparent glass has been identified as a vital medium for three-dimensional (3D) optical
information storage and multi-level encryption. However, it has remained a challenge for …

Light offers unique opportunities for controlling the activity of materials and biosystems with
high spatiotemporal resolution. Molecular photoswitches are chromophores that undergo …

This work provides an overview of the recent advances in the field of two-photon absorbing
chromophores active in the short-wavelength infrared (SWIR) spectral range. Herein the …

The building block modular approach that lies behind coordination polymers (CPs) and
metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) results not only in a plethora of materials that can be …

Small-molecule fluorescent probes are attractive and versatile materials for studying
biological systems.(1-6) They can be easily loaded into cells and rapidly detect biological …

The ability to influence key properties of molecular systems by using light holds much
promise for the fields of materials science and life sciences. The cornerstone of such …

In the past few years, spiropyran has emerged as the molecule-of-choice for the construction
of novel dynamic materials. This unique molecular switch undergoes structural isomerisation …

Inorganic materials combining photochromism and luminescence modulation characteristics
have great potential in dual‐mode rewritable optical storage due to their unique optical …