| sort | Photochromic materials | Mechanism of action |
| inorganic | WO3, MoO3, TiO2, CaTiO3+(Ni, Mo), (PLZT+Fe2O3), CaF2+(La, Ce), (Tb, Cd), SrTiO3+(Fe, Mo), (Ni, Mo) | WO3+hv ↔ W5+(O-)(O2-)2 Ni2+Mo6+hv ↔ Ni3+Mo5+ | AgX(X=Cl, Br, I)+TlCl, CdO | n(AgCl)+hv ↔ (Ag)n+nCl | As-Se(S), Ge-Te-X (X=Sb, S) | Photocrystallization blackening | Ferrocyanide | M4+Fe42+[Fe2+(CN)6]3=Fe43+[Fe2+(CN)6]3+4M+4e- | organic | Spiral pyran, aniline or Schiff base, sulfone, osazone, ammonia Thiourea, astragalus derivatives, succinic anhydride | The breaking and combination of double bonds, the formation of isomers |
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