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1. A device having reversibly changeable and optically readable optical properties, the device comprising a substrate having an electrically conductive surface and a metal-based redox-active layer structure disposed thereon and configured to have at least one predetermined electronic property including at least one of electrodensity and oxidation state, said at least one electronic property being changeable by subjecting the metal-based redox-active layer structure to an electric field, wherein the electronic property of the metal-based redox-active layer structure defines an optical property of the metal-based redox-active layer structure thereby determining an optical response of the metal-based redox-active layer structure to certain incident light, the device enabling to effect a change in said electronic property that results in a detectable change in the optical response of the metal-based redox-active layer structure, wherein said metal-based redox-active layer structure comprises at least one tris-bipyridyl metal complex of the formula II: wherein M is a metal selected from the group consisting of Os, Ru, Fe, Cu, and Co; n is the formal oxidation state of the metal, wherein n is 0-4; X is a counter anion selected from the group consisting of Br−, Cl−, F−, I−, PF−, BF4−, OH−, ClO4−, SO3−, CF3COO−, CN−, alkylCOO−, arylCOO−, and any combination thereof; R4 to R27 each independently is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, azido, nitro, cyano, amino, substituted amino, thiol, C1-C10 alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, haloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, alkoxy, alkenyl, alkynyl, carboxamido, substituted carboxamido, carboxyl, protected carboxyl, protected amino, sulfonyl, substituted aryl, substituted cycloalkyl, substituted heterocycloalkyl, and group A, wherein at least one of said R4 to R27 is a group A: wherein A is linked to the ring structure of the compound of general formula II via R3; R3 is selected from the group consisting of cis/trans C═C, C≡C, N═N, C═N, N═C, C—N, N—C, alkylene, arylene and any combination thereof; Y is —N— or —C(OH)—; and any two vicinal R4-R27 substituents, together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached, may form a fused ring system selected from the group consisting of cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, heteroaryl and aryl, wherein said fused system may be substituted by one or more groups selected from the group consisting of C1-C10 alkyl, aryl, azido, cycloalkyl, halogen, heterocycloalkyl, alkoxy, hydroxyl, haloalkyl, heteroaryl, alkenyl, alkynyl, nitro, cyano, amino, substituted amino, carboxamido, substituted carboxamido, carboxyl, protected carboxyl, protected amino, thiol, sulfonyl and substituted aryl; and said fused ring system may also contain at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of N, O and S. |
