Functional Dyes discusses the synthesis of these new, high-value dyes and pigments as well as their applications — which include optical data storage, solar cells, reprographics, biomedical sensors, and other high-tech uses in electronics and optoelectronics — and performance. The chapters are arranged to lead the reader logically from fundamental concepts to more practical aspects of the technology in which they are used. This book focuses attention specifically on developments achieved within the last ten years.

From the Preface: “...[T]his book is considered to be necessary for the readers engaged in university, research institute, and industry so as to improve their fundamental knowledge and have a wider appreciation for functional dyes. In addition, this book is to provide information on the latest developments and future directions in the functional dye chemistry...These dyes can also be applied to organic photoconductors, solar-energy utilizations, sensitizers, biomedical probe, photocatalysts, and so on. These new trends of dye chemistry have been recently developed and these classes of dyes are of significant importance in high-technology industries...”

Target Audience: Materials scientists, chemists, researchers, and graduate students concerned with functional dyes.

Table of Contents:

Recent Progress in Phthalocyanine Chemistry: Synthesis and Characterization

Cyanine Dyes for Solar Cells and Optical Data Storage

Photochromic Naphthopyrans

Cyanine Dyes as Fluorescent Non-Covalent Labels for Nucleic Acid Research

Functional Dyes for Surface Plasmon Resonance-Based Sensing System

Syntheses and Application of Squarylium Dyes

Fluorine-Containing Dyes

Index