Photochromic materials having extended pi-conjugated systems and compositions and articles including the same

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APP PUB NO 20060228557A1
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11102279

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Various non-limiting embodiments disclosed herein relate to photochromic materials having extended pi-conjugated systems. For example, various non-limiting embodiments disclosed herein provide a photochromic material, such as an indeno-fused naphthopyran, which comprises a group that extends the pi-conjugated system of the indeno-fused naphthopyran bonded at the 11-position thereof. Further, the photochromic materials according to certain non-limiting embodiments disclosed herein may display hyperchromic absorption of electromagnetic radiation as compared to conventional photochromic materials and/or may have a closed-form absorption spectrum that is bathochromically shifted as compared to conventional photochromic materials. Other non-limiting embodiments relate to photochromic compositions and photochromic articles, such as optical elements, made using the disclosed photochromic materials, and methods of making the same.

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TRANSITIONS OPTICAL INC9251 BELCHER ROAD PINELLAS PARK FL 33782

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Chopra, Anu Pittsburgh, PA 40 1055
Deng, Jun Murrysville, PA 118 1507
Gemert, Barry Van Pitcairn, PA 15 776
Kim, Beon-Kyu Gibsonia, PA 18 239
Xiao, Wenjing Murrysville, PA 38 373

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