Inorganic ChromotropismBasic Concepts and Applications of Colored Materials

Part I Definition and Principles of Inorganic Chromotropism

1 General Introduction of Inorganic Chromotropism and to the Origin of the Colors of Inorganic Materials

2 What is Chromotropism?
2.1 Principles of Thermochromism
2.2 Principles of Solvatochromism
2.3 Principles of Piezochromism
2.4 Principles of Photochromism
2.5 Principles of Electrochromism

Part II Various Chromotropic Phenomena

3 Thermochromism
3.1 Thermochromism of Complexes in Solution (I)
3.2 Thermochromism of Complexes in Solution (II)
3.3 Thermochromism of the Complexes in Solid State
3.4 Thermochromism of the Spin Crossover Fe(II) and Fe(III) Complexes and Miscellaneous Topics
3.5 Valence Tautomerism of Metal Complexes

4 Solvatochromism
4.1 Solvent Parameters and Solute-Solvent Interaction
4.2 Solvatochromism due to the Change of d-d Transition
4.3 Solvatochromism in the Ligand Field d-d Transitions of Robust Transition Metal Complexes

5 Piezochromism
5.1 Piezochromism due to d-d Transitions
5.2 Piezochromism due to Charge Transfer Transitions and Miscellaneous Examples

6 Photochromism
6.1 Photochromism due to Ligand Transformations
6.2 Photo-induced Spin Crossover Phenomena
6.3 Miscellaneous Examples of Photochromic Complexes and Luminescence Chromism

7 Electrochromism
7.1 Electrochromism of Macrocyclic Complexes
7.2 Miscellaneous Examples of Electrochromic Complexes

8 Application to Inorganic Materials
8.1 Ligand-based Redox-active Complexes for Electrochromic Materials
8.2 Magnetochromism of Inorganic Materials