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posted on 2004-05-27, 00:00 authored by Reginald H. Mitchell, Subhajit BandyopadhyayIn the dithienylethene photochrome series, linking two photochromes together directly, or with an ethynyl spacer, shuts down the photoswitching
of one of the photochromes. We report here, that for dihydropyrenes, two photochromes can be linked together without affecting the ability
of either to photoswitch.