Intersystem crossing from singlet states of molecular dimers and monomers in mixed molecular crystals: picosecond stimulated photon echo experiments |
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Authors: | FG Patterson HWH Lee William L Wilson MD Fayer |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA |
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Abstract: | An experimental study of the excited-state dynamics of pentacene dimers and monomers in p-terphenyl host crystals is presented. Picosecond stimulated photon echoes, picosecond photon echoes, and fluorescence lifetime measurements are used to study intersystem crossing and homogeneous dephasing of delocalized dimers and monomers at 1.8 K. It is found that the dimer states can have intersystem crossing rate constants which are orders of magnitude greater than the corresponding monomers. Three mechanisms are considered to explain the differences between dimer and monomer intersystem crossing. Fluorescence lifetime measurements and photon echo measurements demonstrate that the only source of homogeneous line broadening at 1.8 K is population relaxation. These measurements combined with the stimulated echo measurements show that differences in lifetimes exhibited by the various dimer and various monomer sites are due solely to differences in intersystem crossing rate constants. |
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