Charge transfer state photophysics in a rigid molecule: competition between electron transfer processes in the Marcus normal and inverted regions

Autor: Matthew B. Zimmt, Rebecca R. Hung, Joseph J. Grabowski, Joseph Morais
Rok vydání: 1993
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Zdroj: The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 97:13138-13144
ISSN: 1541-5740
0022-3654
DOI: 10.1021/j100152a017
Popis: Fluorescence, photoacoustic calorimetry, and picosecond optical calorimetry studies on the rigid donor-spacer-acceptor (DSA) molecule, 1, in alkane and ether solvents are reported. The charge transfer (CT) state of 1 is formed with unit quantum efficiency and decays by numerous processes. Charge recombination from the CT state generates both the ground state and the triplet state of the naphthalene chromophore. The quantum yield of triplet state formation decreases with an increase in the dielectric constant of the solvent. The CT state radiative, nonradiative internal conversion (CT→S 0 ), and nonradiative intersystem crossing (CT→T 1 ) rate constants are determined and are analyzed using semiclassical, single quantized mode, electron transfer theory
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