Light-controlled molecular switches based on bistable spirocyclic organic and coordination compounds

摘要

Modern concepts of mechanisms of thermal and photochemical rearrangements responsible for the photo-chromic properties of spiropyrans, spirooxazines, spiroper-imidines and metal bis(chelate) complexes have been considered. The most important applications of spiropyrans and spirooxazines as light-controlled molecular switches of physical and biological properties of hybrid molecular and supramolecular structures and macroscopic materials have been discussed. The bibliography includes 185 references.