The Solvatochromic Materials: A Progress Review

Abstract:

Solvatochromic compounds attracted more and more attentions in the application of fluorescent probe, indicator, chromogenic reagent, molecular recognition field and so on. Although sovatochromic effects have been discovered for more than a century, they are still difficult to understand and even more difficult to predict. This review introduced organometallic complexes and organic compounds of solvatochromic materials and highlight the latest progress in recent years, and the molecular structure design and solvatochromic properties are discussed.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 914)
• Pages: 182-192
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.914.182
• Online since: February 2018
• Authors: Jian He*, Jian Sheng Chen
• Keywords: Dye, Fluorescence Emission, Metallorganic Complex, Solvatochromism

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