Photoswitchable molecular wires: From a sexithiophene to a dithienylethene and back

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/j.cplett.2009.08.013

Photoswitchable dithienylethene groups, added to both α-ends of a sexithiophene molecular wire, switch reversibly between their open and closed forms upon irradiation. The open form has an excited state lifetime of 500 ps and is highly fluorescent, as is