高效白色磷光有机电致发光器件

采用真空热蒸镀方法以4,4'-bis (carbazol-9-yl) biphenyl (CBP)为主体材料、以bis[2-(4-tert-butylphenyl) benzothiazolato-N,^C2] iridium (acetylacetonate) [(t-bt)₂Ir(acac)]磷光染料为掺杂剂构成黄色发光层, 制备了高效白光的有机电致发光器件(OLEDs). OLEDs的器件结构为indiumtin oxide (ITO)/N,N’-bis-(1-naphthyl)-N,N’-biphenyl-1,1’-biphenyl-4,4’-diamine (NPB)/CBP: (t-bt)₂Ir (acac)/NPB/2,9-dimethyl-4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline (BCP)/8-hydroxy quinoline aluminum(Alq₃)/Mg:Ag, 从ITO阳极开始的第一层NPB为空穴传输层, 第二层超薄的NPB为蓝色发光层, BCP为空穴阻挡层和激子阻挡层, Alq₃为电子传输层. 结果表明, 器件电压在3 V启亮, 在16.5 V时, 器件的最高亮度达到15460 cd·m^-2; 在4 V时, 器件达到最大流明效率为7.5 lm·W^-1, 器件启亮后所发出的白光光谱在低电压时随电压变化有稍微的移动, 但是都在白光范围内变化. 在电压达到8 V后Commission Internationale I’Eclairage(国际照明委员会) (CIE)色坐标为(0.33, 0.32), 并且光谱及色坐标稳定, 不随电压变化而改变, 与最佳的白光坐标(0.33, 0.33)几乎重合. 同时, 从机理上解释了光谱移动和效率衰减的原因, 并探讨了载流子陷阱和能量传递的关系.     

Polyethylene glycol-polyamidoamine dendritic micelle as solubility enhancer and the effect of the length of polyethylene glycol arms on the solubility of pyrene in water

Unimolecular dendritic micelles designed as solubility enhancers were obtained by coupling polyethylene glycol (PEG) to Starburst polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers. Micelles-750, -2000, and -5000 have a generation 3.0 dendrimer core (32 primary amine end groups) and PEG arms with molecular weights of 750, 2000, and 5000, respectively. The conjugate of dendrimer core and PEG was characterized by MALDI-TOF MS and 1H NMR. 1H NMR was also used to estimate the average number of PEG arms on each dendrimer molecule. A typical hydrophobic compound, pyrene, was sonicated in an excess amount together with micelles at 50 degrees C for 6 h to produce its saturated water solution. The change of the solubility of pyrene was monitored at 334 nm, its maximum adsorption wavelength, by UV-VIS spectra. Concentrated micelles tended to dissolve more pyrene. However, there is no obvious linear relationship between micelle type and the amount of pyrene entrapped within micelles. Micelle-2000 could solubilize more pyrene than micelle-750. It is hypothesized that micelle-5000 did not solubilize more pyrene than micelle-2000 because of the PEG shell disruption by adjacent interpenetration of individual micelles when PEG arm length increased.     

超薄层在白色有机电致发光器件中的应用

以DCJTB为掺杂剂, 以BCP为空穴阻挡层, 研究了两种结构的有机电致发光器件ITO/NPB/BCP/Alq3:DCJTB/Alq3/Al(结构A)和ITO/NPB/BCP/Alq3/Alq3:DCJTB/Alq3/Al(结构B)的电致发光光谱. 实验结果显示, 在结构A器件的电致发光光谱中, 绿光的相对发光强度较弱,增加Alq3层的厚度对绿光的相对发光强度的影响也很小; 而在结构B器件的电致发光光谱中, BCP层与掺杂层(Alq3:DCJTB)之间的Alq3薄层对绿光的相对发光强度影响显著, 用很薄的Alq3层就可以得到强的绿光发射. 进一步改变器件结构, 利用有机超薄层就可以得到稳定的白光器件ITO/NPB(50 nm)/BCP(3 nm)/Alq3(3 nm)/Alq3:DCJTB(1%(w))(5 nm)/Alq3(7 nm)/Al. 随着电压的增加(14-18 V), 该器件的色坐标基本保持在(0.33, 0.37)处不动; 在432 mA·cm-2的电流密度下, 该器件的发光亮度可达11521 cd·m-2.     

Bright White Organic Light-emitting Device Based on 1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexakis（9,9-diethyl-9H-fluoren-2-yl）benzene

Organic light-emitting devices(OLEDs) with the structure of indium-tin-oxide(ITO)/N,N'-bis-(1-naphthyl)-N,N'-diphenyl-(1,1'-biphenyl)-4,4'-diamine(NPB)/2,9-dimenthyl-4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline(BCP)/tris(8-hydroxyquinoline)aluminum(Alq3)/Mg:Ag or that of ITO/NPB/1,2,3,4,5,6-hexakis(9,9-diethyl-9H-fluoren-2-yl)benzene(HKEthFLYPh)/Alq3/Mg:Ag were studied.White light emission was achieved with the two devices when the thicknesses of BCP and HKEthFLYPh were 1.5 nm(device B) and 5 nm(device II),respectively...     

红色磷光喹喔啉铂(II)配合物及其有机电致发光器件的制备

利用2,3-二苯基喹喔啉和氯亚铂酸钾(K2PtCl4)反应, 合成了一种新型喹喔啉铂的配合物(DPQ)Pt(acac), 通过元素分析, 1H NMR测定对配合物结构进行了表征, 结果显示得到的是目标化合物. 利用紫外光谱和荧光光谱对配合物进行了研究. 利用该材料作为磷光染料制备了结构为ITO/NPB (21 nm) /NPB∶7%(DPQ)Pt(acac) (17.5 nm) /BCP (7 nm)/ Alq3 (21 nm)/ Mg∶Ag(10∶1)(120 nm)/Ag(10 nm)的有机电致发光器件(OLED). 结果表明, 该配合物在442和485 nm处存在单重态1MLCT(金属到配体的电荷跃迁)和三重态3MLCT的吸收峰; 在632 nm 处有较强的金属配合物三重态的磷光发射; 该器件的启动电压是5.0 V, 器件的最大亮度为1516 cd·m-2, 外量子效率为0.66%, 流明效率为0.26 lm·W-1, 是一种红色磷光材料.     

利用激基复合物发光的有机白光器件制备

以1,4-二(2-氰基-2-苯乙烯基)-2,5-二苯基苯(CNDPDSB)为发光层, N,N'-[3-萘基]-N,N'-二苯基[1,1'-二苯基]-4,4'-二胺(NPB)为空穴传输层, 8-羟基喹啉铝(Alq)为电子传输层, 制备了一种色度稳定的有机电致白光器件. 该器件的白光发射是由CNDPDSB与NPB界面形成的激基复合物发出的红光以及NPB与CNDPDSB发射的蓝光混合而成. 该白光器件的光谱稳定, 在工作电压(6~13 V)内, 色坐标由(0.33, 0.34)变化到(0.31, 0.37). 器件在6 V电压下开启, 10 V电压下的亮度和效率分别为1200 cd/m2和0.2 cd/A.     

2-对联苯-8-羟基喹啉锌的合成及其应用于新型白光OLED

合成了一种全新的有机发光材料2-对联苯-8-羟基喹啉锌(Zn[2-(p-biPh)-8-Q-O]₂), 通过¹H NMR, UV-Vis等对配合物的结构进行表征. 利用该材料制备了新型白光有机电致发光器件(OLED), 其结构为: ITO/NPB (N,N'-双(1-萘基)-N,N'-二苯基-1,1'-二苯基-4,4'-二胺)/BCP (2,9-二甲基-4,7-二苯基-1,10-菲咯啉)/Zn[2-(p-biPh)-8-Q-O]₂/Al. 通过调节空穴阻挡层BCP的厚度, 实现了NPB(蓝光发射)和Zn[2-(p-biPh)-8-Q-O]₂(黄光发射)作为器件双发光层的有效复合, 并研究了其发光机理. 当BCP层的厚度为2.0 nm时, 获得了稳定的白色发光; 该器件在6 V电压下启亮, 20 V电压时最大发光亮度达到130 cd/m², 电流效率为0.224 cd/A.     

Physicochemical properties of quaternized poly(amidoamine) dendrimers with alkyl groups and of their mixtures with sodium dodecyl sulfate

The physicochemical properties of quaternized poly(amidoamine) dendrimers (generation 4) with methyl or octyl groups and of their mixtures with sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) in aqueous solutions have been investigated using several techniques including surface tension, fluorescence of pyrene, and dynamic light scattering. In the single systems of the dendrimers, the dendrimer with octyl groups shows lower surface tension and lower micropolarity than the dendrimer with methyl groups. The hydrodynamic radii of two quaternized poly(amidoamine) dendrimers are considerably large, indicating the formation of aggregates. In the mixed systems of quaternized poly(amidoamine) dendrimers and SDS, the dendrimer with octyl groups-SDS mixed system shows very low surface tension and low micropolarity even in the presence of extremely low SDS concentration compared to those of the dendrimer with methyl groups-SDS mixed system. Maximum turbidity for both systems is observed at around the mixed molar ratio of dendrimer:SDS=1:1.5 where distinct changes have also been confirmed by surface tension, fluorescence of pyrene, and electrical conductivity measurements.     

Synthesis,characterization, and fluorescence of pyrene‐containing eight‐arm star‐shaped dendrimer‐like copolymer with pentaerythritol core

Novel and well‐defined pyrene‐containing eight‐arm star‐shaped dendrimer‐like copolymers were successfully achieved by combination of esterification, atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), divergent reaction, ring‐opening polymerization (ROP), and coupling reaction on the basis of pentaerythritol. The reaction of pentaerythritol with 2‐bromopropionyl bromide permitted ATRP of styrene (St) to form four‐arm star‐shaped polymer (PSt‐Br)₄. The molecular weights of these polymers could be adjusted by the variation of monomer conversion. Eight‐hydroxyl star‐shaped polymer (PSt‐(OH)₂)₄ was produced by the divergent reaction of (PSt‐Br)₄ with diethanolamine. (PSt‐(OH)₂)₄ was used as the initiator for ROP of ε‐caprolactone (CL) to produce eight‐arm star‐shaped dendrimer‐like copolymer (PSt‐b‐(PCL)₂)₄. The molecular weights of (PSt‐b‐(PCL)₂)₄ increased linearly with the increase of monomer. After the coupling reaction of hydroxyl‐terminated (PSt‐b‐(PCL)₂)₄ with 1‐pyrenebutyric acid, pyrene‐containing eight‐arm star‐shaped dendrimer‐like copolymer (PSt‐b‐(PCL‐pyrene)₂)₄ was obtained. The eight‐arm star‐shaped dendrimer‐like copolymers presented unique thermal properties and crystalline morphologies, which were different from those of linear poly(ε‐caprolactone) (PCL). Fluorescence analysis indicated that (PSt‐b‐(PCL‐pyrene)₂)₄ presented slightly stronger fluorescence intensity than 1‐pyrenebutyric acid when the pyrene concentration of them was the same. The obtained pyrene‐containing eight‐arm star‐shaped dendrimer‐like copolymer has potential applications in biological fluorescent probe, photodynamic therapy, and optoelectronic devices. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 46: 2788–2798, 2008     

Efficient Electroluminescence from Excimers of 1,3,6,8‐Tetrakis(3,5‐dimethylphenyl)pyrene

Excimers are generally considered as detrimental to OLEDs. For pyrene‐based chromophores, however, this is not always true. In this contribution, two new methylated tetraphenylpyrenes, 1,3,6,8‐tetra‐o‐tolylpyrene (TTPy) and 1,3,6,8‐tetrakis(3,5‐dimethylphenyl)pyrene (TDMPPy), were synthesized through Suzuki coupling reactions. TDMPPy absorbs and emits light at longer wavelengths than TTPy due to its more planar conformation and thus better conjugation. TDMPPy is prone to excimer formation, thus leading to a strong bathochromic shift (84 nm) in the photoluminescence spectrum of its film. TDMPPy exhibits efficient electroluminescence originating from pyrene excimers, affording a maximum luminance of 26 670 cd m^?2 and a current efficiency as high as 10.8 cd A^?1 in a non‐doped OLED (ITO/PEDOT:PSS (50 nm)/NPB (30 nm)/TDMPPy (30 nm)/TPBI (40 nm)/Ca:Ag).     

混合蓝色和绿色发射的高亮度白色有机电致发光器件

使用星形六苯芴类新材料1,2,3,4,5,6-hexakis(9,9-diethyl-9H-fluoren-2-yl)benzene (HKEthFLYPh)分别制备了三种不同结构的有机电致发光器件. 在结构为indium-tin oxide (ITO)/NPB (40 nm)/HKEthFLYPh (10 nm)/Alq3(50 nm)/Mg:Ag (200 nm)的器件中, 获得了两个电致发光谱峰分别位于435 和530 nm处的明亮白光. HKEth-FLYPh是能量传输层; N,N’-bis-(1-naphthyl)-N,N’-diphenyl-(1,1’-biphenyl)-4,4’-diamine (NPB)是空穴传输层和蓝色发光层; tris(8-hydroxyquinoline)aluminum (Alq3)是电子传输层和绿色发光层. 结果表明, 当驱动电压为15 V时, 器件的最大亮度达到8523 cd·m-2; 在5.5 V时, 器件达到最大流明效率为1.0 lm·W-1. 在电压为9 V时, CIE色坐标为(0.29, 0.34). 此外, 通过改变HKEthFLYPh层的厚度, 发现蓝色发射的相对强度随着HKEthFLYPh层厚度的增加而增强.     

Synthesis, structure, properties, and application of a carbazole-based diaza[7]helicene in a deep-blue-emitting OLED

A carbazole-based diaza[7]helicene, 2,12-dihexyl-2,12-diaza[7]helicene (1), was synthesized by a photochemical synthesis and its use as a deep-blue dopant emitter in an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) was examined. Compound 1 exhibited good solubility and excellent thermal stability with a high decomposition temperature (T(d)=372.1?°C) and a high glass-transition temperature (T(g), up to 203.0?°C). Single-crystal structural analysis of the crystalline clathrate (1)(2)?cyclohexane along with a theoretical investigation revealed a non-planar-fused structure of compound 1, which prevented the close-packing of molecules in the solid state and kept the molecule in a good amorphous state, which allowed the optimization of the properties of the OLED. A device with a structure of ITO/NPB (50?nm)/CBP:5?% 1 (30?nm)/BCP (20?nm)/Mg:Ag (100?nm)/Ag (50?nm) showed saturated blue light with Commission Internationale de L'Eclairage (CIE) coordinates of (0.15, 0.10); the maximum luminance efficiency and brightness were 0.22?cd?A(-1) (0.09?Lm?W(-1)) and 2365?cd?m(-2), respectively. This new class of helicenes, based on carbazole frameworks, not only opens new possibilities for utilizing helicene derivatives in deep-blue-emitting OLEDs but may also have potential applications in many other fields, such as molecular recognition and organic nonlinear optical materials.     

Triazine Dendrimers for Drug Delivery: Evaluation of Solubilization Properties,Activity in Cell Culture,and In Vivo Toxicity of a Candidate Vehicle

Three criteria are evaluated to assess the potential of a dendrimer based on triazines, 1, for use as a vehicle for drug delivery. These criteria are: (1) its ability to solubilize small hydrophobic guests as measured spectrophotometrically; (2) its ability to deliver a drug in vitro as evaluated using a gene reporter assay; and (3) its in vivo toxicity in mice as determined by autopsy and screens of liver and kidney function. Vehicle 1 solubilizes pyrene to a similar extent to dendrimers based on poly(arylether)s, 4, encapsulating approximately 0.2 molecules of pyrene per dendrimer. This activity is approximately 10-fold greater than that of the more polar poly(propyleneimine) and poly(amidoamine) dendrimers, 2 and 3. Gas-phase computational models reveal that both 1 and 4 have cores that are accessible to solvent, suggesting that these dendrimers can occupy much greater volumes than 2 and 3 whose cores are confined toward the interior of the structure. Electrostatic potential maps can be used to rationalize differences in solubilization between 1 and 4. Precipitation results from mixing cationic 1 with the anionic indomethacin, but not with methotrexate, suggesting that the composition of the drug may dictate the scope of delivery applications. Dendrimer 1 solubilizes 10-hydroxycamptothecin and a novel bisindolemethane; approximately four and five molecules of drug per dendrimer are solubilized, respectively. In cell-culture experiments using a luciferase reporter gene assay, the dendrimer:bisindolemethane conjugate shows comparable activity to the bisindolemethane delivered in aqueous DMSO, suggesting that the dendrimer does not preclude delivery of the molecule to an intracellular target. Preliminary toxicology studies of 1 in mice show that this molecule has no adverse toxicity to the kidneys or the liver in single doses delivered intraperitoneally up to 10?mg/kg.     

Bright White Organic Light-Emitting Diode Mixed Blue and Green Emission

Double-layer and triple-layer organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) were fabricated using a novel star-shaped hexafluorenylbenzene organic material, 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexakis(9,9-diethyl-9H-fluoren-2-yl)benzene (HKEthFLYPh) as an energy transfer layer, N, N′-bis-(1-naphthyl)-N, N′-diphenyl-(1,1′-biphenyl)-4,4′-diamine (NPB) as a hole-transport layer (HTL) and blue emissive layer (EML), and tris(8-hydroxyquinoline)aluminum (Alq₃) as an electron-transport layer (ETL) and green light-emitting layer. Bright white light was obtained with a triple-layer device structure of indium-tin-oxide (ITO)/NPB (40 nm)/HKEthFLYPh (10 nm)/Alq₃ (50 nm)/Mg:Ag (200 nm). A maximum luminance of 8523 cd·m⁻² at 15 V and a power efficiency of 1.0 lm·W⁻¹ at 5.5 V were achieved. The Commissions Internationale de L′Eclairage (CIE) coordinates of the device were (0.29, 0.34) at 9 V, which located in white light region. With increasing film thickness of HKEthFLYPh, light emission intensity from NPB increased compared to that of Alq₃.     

多芳胺取代均三嗪的合成及其光电性能的研究

设计合成了一个新的带有三支链的均三嗪衍生物分子: 2,4,6-三[4-(N,N-二对甲苯基)-苯胺乙基]均三嗪(TBTN); 用1H NMR, 13C NMR, IR, MS (MALDI-TOF)和元素分析确认了化合物的结构. 研究了该化合物的紫外吸收光谱、荧光光谱、电致发光光谱等性能, 用TBTN组装发光器件, 实验结果显示TBTN为发光层时, 该器件能发出稳定白光. 器件结构为ITO/2-TNATA (30 nm)/NPB (20 nm)/TBTN (30 nm)/Alq3 (30 nm)/LiF (0.5 nm)/Al, 在电压为15 V获得最大亮度是1523 cd/m2, 在驱动电压范围内CIE(国际照明委员会)坐标稳定并在白色等能区内.     

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-bridged coumarin derivatives for organic light-emitting devices

Three biscoumarin dyes bridged by polycyclic aromatic bridges (anthracen, pyrene and dibenzo[g,p]chrysene) were prepared as the emissive materials for the application of organic light-emitting devices. The relationship between their structures, photophysical properties, electrochemical properties and performances of organic light-emitting devices are described. The multilayered doped devices with a configuration of ITO/NPB (20 nm)/TBADN: biscoumarin compound (x wt%, 30 nm)/TPBi (30 nm)/Liq (2 nm)/Al (100 nm) have been successfully fabricated by vacuum-deposition method. All the devices showed green emission with high electroluminescent efficiencies. Especially, the device based on the compound containing pyrene as a bridge group at 7% doping concentration showed the best performance with a maximum brightness of 10552 cd/m², maximum luminous efficiency of 5.39 cd/A and maximum external quantum efficiency (EQE) of 2.35%.     

A pure blue light emitting binaphthyl derivative：Synthesis and properties

A binaphthyl derivative with pyrene on 3 and 3＇ positions was synthesized and characterized via Suzuki coupling reaction. Emission maximum in solution was located at 390 nm with a quantum efficiency of 68% by taking 9,10-diphenyl anthracene as reference,while it is shifted to 450 nm with FWHM of 104 nm resulting from aggregation state in solid film.Glass transition temperature（Tg）and decomposition temperature were measured to be 184 and 447℃,respectively,by DSC and TGA.Unlike its photoluminescence spectrum,electroluminescent spectrum peaked at about 460 nm and shows a FWHM of 69 nm corresponding to a pure blue emission.The turn-on voltage,luminance and efficiency maximum were 5 V,2953 cd/m^2 and 1.37cd/A with CIE color coordinate of（0.16,0.15）,in the device structure of ITO/NPB（40nm）/PY-BN-PY（15nm）/BPhen（40nm）/Mg：Ag.     

Film structures of poly(amido amine) dendrimers with an azacrown core and long alkyl chain spacers on water or Ag nanoparticle suspension

Newly designed poly(amido amine) dendrimers, which have an azacrown core, hexyl spacers, and methyl ester terminals (aza-C6-PAMAM dendrimer), were spread at the air-water and air-silver nanoparticle suspension interfaces, and their film structures were examined by surface pressure-area (pi-A) and surface potential-area (DeltaV-A) isotherms and epifluorescence microscopy. It was revealed that generation (G) 1.5 aza-C6-PAMAM dendrimer on a water subphase formed homogeneous film with face-on configuration, and this configuration was maintained during compression. On the other hand, a G2.5 dendrimer film on the air-water interface took initially homogeneous and face-on configuration that was followed by the conformational change during compression. Using a silver nanoparticle suspension as subphase, G1.5 film was significantly reinforced, and the partial collapse (cracks) in the film appeared as network texture. For a G2.5 dendrimer film, the pi-A and DeltaV-A isotherm properties were similar to that on the water subphase except for the collapsed film; small spots instead of cracks were formed under the film after collapse. These effects of the silver nanoparticle may be due to the formation of a dendrimer/silver nanoparticle composite. The formation process of the nanocomposite film was verified by UV-vis spectroscopy. For the G1.5 dendrimer, silver clusters and nanoparticles adsorbed to the dendrimer film after spreading and formed a small amount of aggregates. During compression, the aggregation proceeded even at low surface pressure. For the G2.5 dendrimer, a dendrimer/nanoparticle composite was also formed after spreading. However, with the initial compression, the absorption bands of clusters, nanoparticles, and aggregate increased together. Upon further compression, while the bands of cluster and nanoparticles decreased, the bands of aggregate still increased. These results suggest that the G2.5 dendrimer covered the cluster and nanoparticles more efficiently than the G1.5 dendrimer did because of the larger molecular size.     

芘和蒽作为荧光探针探测树枝形聚合物微环境

分别以芘和(9-蒽基)甲基三甲基溴化铵(An)作为荧光探针研究了一系列羧基为外围末端基团的芳醚树枝形聚合物Gn(n=1-4)的内部微环境极性及包结情况. 芘荧光I1/I3值在1-3代树枝形聚合物钾盐水溶液中变化不大, 而3到4代有一个陡降, 推测1-3代树枝形聚合物处于相对开放的结构, G4为相对密闭的球形结构, 4代树枝形聚合物表现出更好的包结特性. An在树枝形聚合物G2钾盐水溶液中的荧光光谱结果表明, 树枝形聚合物G2可以包结两个以上的An分子, An分子疏水的蒽环部分位于树枝形聚合物内部孔穴中, 而带正电荷的铵离子靠近树枝形聚合物分子的极性末端.     

Interactions in noncovalent PAMAM/TMPyP systems studied by fluorescence spectroscopy

Steady-state absorption and emission spectroscopy and time-resolved fluorescence measurements were employed in the study of meso-tetrakis(4-N-methylpyridinium)porphine (TMPyP) interactions with half-generation carboxyl-terminated poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimers in water. TMPyP experiences a less polar environment and a strong fluorescence quenching effect upon dendrimer association. The tertiary amine functional groups in PAMAM dendrimers are likely to be responsible for the fluorescence quenching of TMPyP through an electron-transfer mechanism. The Stern-Volmer plots achieve a plateau at high dendrimer concentrations that was attributed to full porphyrin-dendrimer association, and an average fluorescence quantum yield of 15-20% relative to aqueous TMPyP was estimated. The association constant for the 1:1 complex with generation 2.5 at dendrimer-porphyrin ratio D/P = 1 is 5.75 x 10(7) M(-1), indicating a strong binding affinity. The dissociation of the complex with increasing ionic strength reinforces the role of electrostatic forces in porphyrin-dendrimer association. Comparison of Stern-Volmer plots obtained from quantum yields or lifetimes showed the importance of a static effect in these systems. The fluorescence decays of the porphyrin-dendrimer complex were fitted with a dispersed kinetics model. At intermediate dendrimer-porphyrin ratios (D/P approximately 1), diffusional quenching processes between free porphyrin and dendrimer were modeled with the Sano-Tachiya pair survival probability equation. Transient diffusional effects were dismissed as a possible explanation for the static effect detected.