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Photochromic molecules and materials: presentation, characteristics and applications

Authors: Stéphane ALOÏSE, Jonathan PIARD

Publication date: August 10, 2019

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4. Applications: case studies and future prospects

4.1 Everyday photochromism

Photochromism is rarely encountered in nature, with the only examples being the Z-E isomerization of the retinal involved in the vision process and that of the Dronpa protein present in certain corals . Photochromic compounds are therefore essentially derived from laboratory synthesis, and new families of photochromes are created every...

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