title: Fluorescent and photochromic bifunctional molecular switch based on a stable crystalline metal-viologen complex.
abstract: An air-stable photoresponsive viologen molecular system is constructed based on a three-fold accordion interpenetrating packing arrangement. The fluorescent modulation process is coupled with a photochromic reaction via energy and electron transfer between the adjacent donor and acceptor groups.
authors.affiliation: Key Lab for Fuel Cell Technology of Guangdong Province, Guangdong, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, PR China.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Shijun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Jingcao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Zhiyong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Fu