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

Chromogenic and fluorogenic probes may be described as the reagents that can interact
with analytes (targets) accompanied by the changes of their spectroscopic (chromogenic, or …

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

This critical review focuses on the development of photochromic compounds as sensors for
cations, anions, and biologically important molecules. The review commences with a brief …

Fluorescent carbon dots (CDs) have been a promising star in analytical and environmental
fields. Present study designed a new bright-blue fluorescent carbon dots with sodium citrate …

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 …

Anion recognition and sensing with Zn( ii )–dipicolylamine complexes - Chemical Society
Reviews (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/C2CS35087D Royal Society of Chemistry View PDF …

Spiropyrans are a class of photochromic compounds that feature two main isoforms, a
closed spiropyran (SP) and an open merocyanine (MC), which are inter-switchable with UV …

Pyrophosphate anions play key roles in various biological and chemical processes. During
the last few years, many exciting results have emerged regarding the development of …

The review describes photoswitchable molecular receptors based on spiropyran,
spirooxazine, and chromene molecules. The presence of coordination centers in their …