Issue 21, 2021

Recent progress of photochromic materials towards photocontrollable devices

Abstract

Purely organic photochromic materials, which can undergo photo-induced reversible switching between two isomers, have received enormous attention in the last decade, due to their distinct features of high photosensitivity, excellent fatigue-resistance, etc. The improvement of existing photochromic materials and exploration of new molecular systems have largely extended their applications to energy-conserving coatings, ophthalmics, and optical memory devices and switches. Inspired by their success, this review summarizes the recent developments in the area of photochromic material-based photocontrollable devices, with an emphasis on organic field-effect transistors, molecular switches and resistive random-access memories, as well as the discussion of the relationship between molecular architectures and device performances. Finally, a perspective on the development trend of photocontrollable devices as well as the key challenges is proposed.

Graphical abstract: Recent progress of photochromic materials towards photocontrollable devices

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
09 ጁን 2021
Accepted
30 ኦገስ 2021
First published
03 ሴፕቴ 2021

Mater. Chem. Front., 2021,5, 7737-7758

Recent progress of photochromic materials towards photocontrollable devices

Y. Ru, Z. Shi, J. Zhang, J. Wang, B. Chen, R. Huang, G. Liu and T. Yu, Mater. Chem. Front., 2021, 5, 7737 DOI: 10.1039/D1QM00790D

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