中文摘要：

介绍了近年来发展起来的不同类型的手性光开关分子，如手性螺烯、偶氮苯、二芳基乙烯、螺吡哺、联二萘、俘精酸酐、胆红素-Ⅲα，手性光致变色聚合物等；讨论了分子手性光开关材料特殊的光致异构性质，综述了该材料在信息存储等应用方面的研究状况，并展望了手性光开关材料的研究前景．

英文摘要：

The different types of chiroptical switches are introduced, such as chiral helicene, azobenzene, diarylethene, spiropyran, binaphthyl compounds, fulgide and bilirubin-Ⅲα. Furthermore, their photoisomerization property and applications to the information storage are reviewed and their future foreground is also presented.