Royal Society of Chemistry, New Journal of Chemistry, 6(33), p. 1320
DOI: 10.1039/b823113c
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An original design of a fluorescent dithienylethene (DTE)-based bipyridine, where donor (D) and acceptor (A) groups are located on the same thiophene ring of the DTE unit, is reported; in non-polar solvents, UV or visible excitation triggers a photochromic reaction, disrupting the conjugation and quenching the fluorescence.