Citation: Chao Xiao, Wei-Ye Zhao, Da-Yang Zhou, Yan Huang, Ye Tao, Wan-Hua Wua, Cheng Yang. Recent advance of photochromic diarylethenes-containing supramolecular systems[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2015, 26(7): 817-824. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2015.05.013 shu

Recent advance of photochromic diarylethenes-containing supramolecular systems

Chao Xiao ^a ,
Wei-Ye Zhao ^a ,
Da-Yang Zhou ^b ,
Yan Huang ^c ,
Ye Tao ^c ,
Wan-Hua Wua ^a,, ,
Cheng Yang ^a,,

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a Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry & Technology, College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Medical Center and State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China;
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b Comprehensive Analysis Center, ISIR, Osaka University, Mihogaoka, Ibaraki 567-0047, Japan;
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c BSFR, Institute of High Energy Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Corresponding author: Wan-Hua Wua, Cheng Yang,
Received Date: 19 March 2015
Available Online: 10 April 2015
Fund Project: and Comprehensive Training Platform of Specialized Laboratory, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University for financial support. (No. sklpme2014-2-06)

Photochromic diarylethenes were deemed to be one of themost promising molecular building blocks for photoresponsive materials. This review gives a brief summary to the recent progress of studies of diarylethenes in supramolecular systems, focusing on their applications in biological systems, photoresponsive mechanical materials and photoresponsive chemosensors.
- Diarylethenes,
- Photochromism,
- Supramolecular chemistry,
- Stimuli-response
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