a phenomenon in which certain dyes made from liquid crystals change colour reversibly when their temperature is changed
Derived forms
thermochromy (ˈthermochromy)
noun
thermochromic (ˌthermoˈchromic)
adjective
Examples of 'thermochromism' in a sentence
thermochromism
The population of these nanoclusters varies with temperature and external laser irradiation, which explains the thermochromism and optical memory.
Howard H. Patterson, Xiaobo Li 2013, 'A Review of Luminescent Anionic Nano System: d10 Metallocyanide Excimers and Exciplexesin Alkali Halide Hosts', Materialshttp://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/6/7/2595. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The results suggested that compound 2 showed thermochromism properties and compounds 2 and 3 displayed photochromism properties.
ShaoPing Zhu, Yuan Chen, Jun Sun, YuTing Yang, ChuanJun Yue 2016, 'Synthesis, Characterization, Thermochromism, and Photochromism of Aromatic AldehydeHydrazone Derivatives', Journal of Chemistryhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8460462. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)