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Current Organic Chemistry

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ISSN (Print): 1385-2728
ISSN (Online): 1875-5348

Review Article

Photochromism in Mechanically Interlocked Molecules

Author(s): Fang Hu, Ziyong Li, Xing Li, Jun Yin and Sheng H. Liu

Volume 21, Issue 5, 2017

Page: [450 - 462] Pages: 13

DOI: 10.2174/1385272820666160919105428

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Abstract

Mechanically interlocked molecules have attracted the attention of scientists widely. With the functionalization of supramolecular systems novel strategies and approaches were used to construct mechanically interlocked molecules. Currently, the mechanically interlocked molecules have been installed on photochromic molecules to design novel photochromic materials. In the recent years, mechanically interlocked molecules-based photochromic materials have received the interest of scientists due to their potential applications in many fields, and many types of functionalized molecular machines were constructed, such as molecular switches and selfassembly systems. In this review, we summarize the recent progress of photochromism in mechanically interlocked molecules.

Keywords: Mechanically interlocked molecules, supramolecular systems, photochromism, photochromic materials, molecular switches, selfassembly systems.

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