Contributions by scientists working in international laboratories provide the novice researcher with synthetic data and high-technology applications of leuco dyes. Covering leuco dye classes that exhibit reasonable stability, the book discusses photochromic materials that have wide-ranging applications in memory technology, leuco dyes for color photography, and a special class of dyes formulated by reduction instead of the oxidation process.

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Spiropyran Leuco Dyes; H. Nakazumi. Leuco Quinone Dyes; M. Matsuoka. Thiazine, Oxazine, and Phenazine Leuco Dyes; T. Van Thien. Synthesis and Properties of Phthalide-Type Color Formers; I.J. Fletcher, R. Zink. The Chemistry of Leuco Triarylmethanes; R. Muthyala, X. Lan. The Chemistry of Fluoran Leuco Dyes; Y. Hatano. The Chemistry of Tetrazolium Salts; D.S. Daniel. Conclusions. Index.