I'm doing research about solvatochromism and fluorescence quenching by alcohol now.

I know polar solvents stabilize and lower the energy of excited molecule, thus emission wavelength is red-sifted (in case of positive solvatochromism).

I measured fluorescence of a solvatochromic molecule in some non-polar and polar solvents including alcohol. In the results, the emission intensity was lessened with increasing solvent polarity. I don't know whether the fluorescence is quenched by alcohol or its large polarity.

Is there any relation between solvent polarity and emission intensity?

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