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spectroscopy, we confirmed that the closed form of DTE acts as
a triplet energy acceptor, i.e., mainly as the quencher of the
perylene triplet excited state among several possible quenching
pathways. Therefore, the photoswitching of TTA UC is not via
the singlet excited state of DTE. These results will offer
significant additional, unprecedented dimensions for TTA UC
with controllable spatial or temporal resolution.
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