Molecules 2008, 13(9), 2260-2302; doi:10.3390/molecules13092260
Review

Useful Spectrokinetic Methods for the Investigation of Photochromic and Thermo-Photochromic Spiropyrans

Mounir Maafiemail
Leicester School of Pharmacy, De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH, UK
Received: 14 August 2008; in revised form: 19 September 2008 / Accepted: 19 September 2008 / Published: 25 September 2008
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Spiro Compounds)
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Abstract: This review reports on the main results of a set of kinetic elucidation methods developed by our team over the last few years. Formalisms, procedures and examples to solve all possible AB photochromic and thermophotochromic kinetics are presented. Also, discussions of the operating conditions, the continuous irradiation experiment, the spectrokinetic methods testing with numerical integration methods, and the identifiability/distinguishability problems, are included.
Keywords: Spectrokinetic methods; kinetic elucidation; spiropyrans; photochromic and thermochromic compounds

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Maafi, M. Useful Spectrokinetic Methods for the Investigation of Photochromic and Thermo-Photochromic Spiropyrans. Molecules 2008, 13, 2260-2302.

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Maafi M. Useful Spectrokinetic Methods for the Investigation of Photochromic and Thermo-Photochromic Spiropyrans. Molecules. 2008; 13(9):2260-2302.

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Maafi, Mounir. 2008. "Useful Spectrokinetic Methods for the Investigation of Photochromic and Thermo-Photochromic Spiropyrans." Molecules 13, no. 9: 2260-2302.

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