A leuco dye (from the Greek λευκό leuko: white ) is a dye which can switch between two chemical forms, one of which is colorless. Reversible transformations can be caused by heat, light or pH, resulting in examples of thermochromism, photochromism and halochromism respectively. Irreversible transformations typically involve reduction or oxidation.[1] The colorless form is sometimes referred to as the leuco form.
Leuco dyes form the basis of thermal printer papers and certain pH indicators.
^Chemistry and Applications of Leuco Dyes. Ramaiah Muthyala. 302 pag. Springer; 1997 edition. ISBN 978-0306454592
A leucodye (from the Greek λευκό leuko: white ) is a dye which can switch between two chemical forms, one of which is colorless. Reversible transformations...
chromism. The two common approaches are based on liquid crystals and leucodyes. Liquid crystals are used in precision applications, as their responses...
as a saturable absorber in dye lasers, or as a pH indicator between pH 0.2–1.8. However, this use is relatively rare. Leuco-malachite green (LMG) is used...
dithionite (Na2S2O4), which converts the dye to its "leuco" form that is soluble. Once attached to the fabric, the leucodye is then oxidized to the insoluble...
Indigo dye is an organic compound with a distinctive blue color. Indigo is a natural dye extracted from the leaves of some plants of the Indigofera genus...
used in thermally sensitive papers: leucodyes, developers, sensitizers and stabilizers. Leucodyes The leucodyes used in direct thermal paper are usually...
water-soluble alkali metal salt of the dye. This form is often colorless, in which case it is referred to as a Leucodye, and has an affinity for the textile...
This protects the dyes and crystals from mixing with other chemicals that might affect the functionality of the ink. The leucodye variant is typically...
spirooxazines. For example, the spiro form of an oxazine is a colorless leucodye; the conjugated system of the oxazine and another aromatic part of the...
a common leucodye product for thermal paper. Hatano, Y. "The chemistry of fluoran leucodyes" in Chemistry and Applications of LeucoDyes, Ed. R. Muthyala...
weak acid forms a colored complex with the leucodye by causing the lactone ring in the center of the dye molecule to open. At high temperatures, above...
Crystal violet lactone (CVL) is a leucodye, a lactone derivate of crystal violet 10B. In pure state it is a slightly yellowish crystalline powder, soluble...
applicator, such as a felt pen, uses a composition containing a colorless leucodye that changes to color in the presence of acid. The substrate in the Color...
impregnated with a solid-state mixture of a dye and a suitable matrix, for example, a fluoran leucodye and an octadecylphosphonic acid. When the matrix...
Oxidation of the resulting compound to give the final dye. The preparation (dye precursors) is in the leuco (colorless) form. Oxidizing agents are usually hydrogen...
employed, a standard reagent being dithionite, which traditionally affords leucodyes. Precipitation, often coupled with flocculation, is yet another approach...
and hydrochloric acid. The dye can also be prepared by the condensation of formaldehyde and dimethylaniline to give a leucodye: CH2O + 3 C6H5N(CH3)2 → CH(C6H4N(CH3)2)3...
to give the leuco (colorless) tertiary alcohol [(H2N(CH3)C6H3)3COH, which is oxidized in acid to give the dye. New fuchsine is used to dye polyacrylonitrile...
indigo dye and blue-purple 6-bromoindigo. The leuco (white) solution form of dibromoindigo loses some bromines in the ultraviolet radiation. The dye produced...
pH-dependent redox indicator with E0 = 0.06 at pH 7.0. Its reduced form, leuco-thionine, is colorless. When both the amines are dimethylated, the product...
the nitro groups to amino groups with zinc dust in acetic acid to the leucodye 7, which on exposure to hydrochloric acid eliminates aniline to the known...
coupling. Subsequent oxidation of the leuco intermediate gives the dye. Pinacyanol is a prototypical cyanine dye that was widely used as a sensitizer in...
the age of 43 in 2014. The colored bubble solution uses special dyes called leucodyes. For instance, the purple bubble uses a chemical called crystal...
salt of the dye, which, in this leuco form, has an affinity for the textile fiber. Subsequent oxidation reforms the original insoluble dye. The color of...
colorless leuco-methylene blue. Shaking the flask causes oxygen present in the head space air to dissolve in the solution and oxidize the leuco-methylene...
Sodium thiosulfate is used predominantly in dyeing. It converts some dyes to their soluble colorless "leuco" forms. It is also used to bleach "wool, cotton...
develop their color, Inkodyes are developed by light. These dyes are suspended in leuco form appearing colorless until they are exposed to UV. Their...