The fluorescence yield of the molecule is highly solvent polarity dependent.
Ultrafast studies revealed the mechanism of excited state deactivation and solvent polarity dependence.
In nonpolar solvents, the S1 state deactivates through triplet state
In polar solvents, the TICT relaxation around dimethylaniline and nitroethylene group occurs in 600 fs timescale.
cis ↔ trans isomerization in nonpolar solvents occurs from triplet state.