Luminescence kinetics of two-component molecular systems in porous glasses

The kinetics of bimolecular photoreactions accompanied by a characteristic delayed emission of reactant molecules is studied in nanoporous silica glasses upon selective activation of a two-component luminophore system (erythrosine-anthracene) by a short (10 ns) pulse of a Nd³⁺:YAG laser (532 nm). Time-resolved luminescence signals with different shapes are recorded in different spectral regions. The emission at a wavelength of 430 nm is identified as the sensitized delayed annihilation fluorescence of anthracene. The long-time luminescence in the region of 570 nm consists of thermally induced delayed fluorescence of erythrosine and an emission resulting from heterogeneous annihilation of triplet excitations of erythrosine and anthracene. The effect of pore sizes on the triplet-triplet energy transfer efficiency is determined.