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Pure Appl. Chem., 2008, Vol. 80, No. 3, pp. 555-561

http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/pac200880030555

Photochromic diarylethene as an information processing unit: Magnetic and electric switching

Kenji Matsuda

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan

Abstract: Photochromic compounds reversibly change not only the absorption spectra but also their geometrical and electronic structures. This principle can be applied for the photoswitching of the physical properties of the molecular materials. In particular, photoswitching of the flow of information through the molecule is interesting because information processing using molecular devices is attracting interest in the molecular electronics field. The photoswitchings of the magnetic exchange interaction and the electrical conductance using photochromic diarylethene are described.