A method for producing electrodes in a micromechanical or microelectronic device, includes the steps of producing a shape-imparting supporting structure in or on a substrate; enlarging the surface of the shape-imparting supporting structure; and molding the electrodes, using the enlarged-surface, shape-imparting supporting structure. The front hinge includes a deck-hinge member that extends approximately the full width of the deck and is preferably formed from a single sheet of material. Also described are naphthols used to produce the photochromic materials and photochromic articles that contain or that have coatings containing at least one of the novel photochromic materials or combinations thereof with other photochromic materials.