文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Photochromic Materials: More Than Meets The Eye

作者：Zhang, Junji[1,2];Zou, Qi[1,2];Tian, He[1,2]

机构：[1]E China Univ Sci & Technol, Key Lab Adv Mat, Shanghai 200237, Peoples R China;[2]E China Univ Sci & Technol, Inst Fine Chem, Shanghai 200237, Peoples R China

年份：2013

卷号：25

期号：3

起止页码：378

外文期刊名：ADVANCED MATERIALS

收录：;EI(收录号：20130415918383);WOS:【SCI-EXPANDED(收录号:WOS:000313691600006)】；

基金：This work has been supported by NSFC/China (21190033), National Basic Research 973 Program (2011CB8068400). Thanks are extended to all co-workers working on photochromic materials in our lab.

语种：英文

外文关键词：Nanowires - Optical switches - Storage (materials) - Computer circuits - Functional materials - Logic gates - Photochromism - Optical data storage - Digital storage - Isomers

摘要：Photochromic materials are a family of compounds which can undergo reversible photo-switches between two different states or isomers with remarkably different properties. Inspired by their smart photo-switchable characteristics, a variety of light-driven functional materials have been exploited, such as ultrahigh-density optical data storage, molecular switches, logic gates, molecular wires, optic/electronic devices, sensors, bio-imaging and so on. This review commences with a brief description of exciting progress in this field, from systems in solution to modified functional surfaces. Further development of these photo-switchable systems into practical applications as well as existing challenges are also discussed and put in prospect.