The ability to manipulate the structure and function of promising nanosystems via energy
input and external stimuli is emerging as an attractive paradigm for developing …

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 …

Light-responsive polymers, especially photochromic ones, are among the most interesting
classes of stimuli-responsive materials. Photochromic polymers can show different stimuli …

Bionanotechnology has now become firmly established in its own right as one of the
principle and focused subdisciplines within nanotechnology.(1-10) Bionanotechnology can …

Photochromic materials are a family of compounds which can undergo reversible photo‐
switches between two different states or isomers with remarkably different properties …

Research on hybrid inorganic‐organic materials has experienced an explosive growth since
the 1980s, with the expansion of soft inorganic chemistry based processes. Indeed, mild …

There has been considerable interest in the application of photochromism to photo-
responsive systems which has led to the development of new tailored smart materials for …

Nanoparticles (NPs) and molecular/supramolecular switches have attracted considerable
interest during the past decade on account of their unique properties and prominent roles in …

Increase of safety in security documents by using anticounterfeiting inks based on
fluorochromic and photochromic compounds has attracted a great deal of attention in the …

In the past decade, extensive functionalization of diarylethene backbones has enabled
these molecules to respond not only to light but also to other external stimuli and extended …