Magneto-optic Fluorescence Behavior of Anthracene and Its Derivatives in a Diluted Magnetic Fluid Solution.

Variations in the fluorescence in the intensities of anthracene derivatives under a magnetic field were investigated in the presence of a dilute magnetic fluid. When excitation was carried out with light that was polarized parallel to the magnetic field, the intensity of the fluorescence that was polarized paralell to the magnetic field decreased by about 10%. Although the fluorescence intensities of most of the anthracene derivatives showed a similar decrease in magnitude, that of 9,10-dimethylanthracene showed a large decrease. On the other hand, fluorescence increased when excitation and fluorescence were perpendicular to the magnetic field. The obtained phenomena can be explaned by the formation of anisotropic assembly of magnetic fluid particles in the solution.