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Photochromic Coatings

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Photochromism is a part of photochemistry dealing with reversible photochemical reactions. Photochromism was first reported by Fritsche in 1867 [1], who observed that tetracene with air and light produced a colorless material which regenerated to tetracene by heating. Since its discovery, photochromism has received considerable attention and it is still an active field of basic and applied research.

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Fries, K., Fink-Straube, C., Mennig, M., Schmidt, H. (2004). Photochromic Coatings. In: Aegerter, M.A., Mennig, M. (eds) Sol-Gel Technologies for Glass Producers and Users. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-88953-5_33

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