the reversible transformation of something's colour due to exposure to electromagnetic radiation such as sunlight
Examples of 'photochromism' in a sentence
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These are categorized according to their functionalities: phototransistors, non-volatile optical memories, and photochromism-based transistors.
Yutaka Wakayama, Ryoma Hayakawa, Hoon-Seok Seo 2014, 'Recent progress in photoactive organic field-effect transistors', Science and Technology of Advanced Materialshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1468-6996/15/2/024202. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Their photochromism, fluorescent-switch, and electrochemical properties were investigated.
Renjie Wang, Shouzhi Pu, Gang Liu, Shiqiang Cui 2012, 'The effect of the formyl group position upon asymmetric isomeric diarylethenes bearinga naphthalene moiety', Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistryhttps://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.8.114. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Phytochromes are dimeric pigment proteins with reversible photochromism between red and far-red light-absorbing forms.
Ok-Jin Hwang, Soo-Hyun Lim, Yun-Jeong Han, Ah-Young Shin, Do-Soon Kim, Jeong-Il Kim 2014, 'Phenotypic Characterization of Transgenic Miscanthus sinensis Plants OverexpressingArabidopsis Phytochrome B', International Journal of Photoenergyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/501016. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The results suggested that compound 2 showed thermochromism properties and compounds 2 and 3 displayedphotochromism properties.
ShaoPing Zhu, Yuan Chen, Jun Sun, YuTing Yang, ChuanJun Yue 2016, 'Synthesis, Characterization, Thermochromism, and Photochromism of Aromatic AldehydeHydrazone Derivatives', Journal of Chemistryhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8460462. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
All complexes show a pronounced photochromism.
T. Schönherr, V. Schmid, R. Linder, M. F. R. Fouda, R. S. Amin, S. A. Mostafa 1999, 'Synthesis, absorption spectra and semiempiric calculations on the photochromism ofarylmercuric dithizonate complexes', International Journal of Photoenergyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S1110662X99000343. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)