title: Useful spectrokinetic methods for the investigation of photochromic and thermo-photochromic spiropyrans.
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.
authors.affiliation: Leicester School of Pharmacy, De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH, UK. mmaafi@dmu.ac.uk
authors.forename: Mounir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maafi
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001578:Benzopyrans / Q000737:chemistry*; D007211:Indoles / Q000737:chemistry*; D007700:Kinetics; D008956:Models, Chemical; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009574:Nitro Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D013053:Spectrophotometry / Q000379:methods; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D001578:Benzopyrans; D007211:Indoles; D009574:Nitro Compounds; C088184:spiropyran