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  • Title: Triplet state formation in photoexcited slip-stacked perylene-3,4:9,10-bis(dicarboximide) dimers on a xanthene scaffold.
    Author: Lefler KM, Brown KE, Salamant WA, Dyar SM, Knowles KE, Wasielewski MR.
    Journal: J Phys Chem A; 2013 Oct 10; 117(40):10333-45. PubMed ID: 24032482.
    Abstract:
    Two covalent perylene-3,4:9,10-bis(dicarboximide) (PDI) dimers in which the PDI molecules are attached to a xanthene (Xan) scaffold in which the long axes of the two π-π stacked PDI molecules are slipped by 4.3 and 7.9 Å were prepared. These dimers are designed to mimic J-aggregates and provide insights into the photophysics of triplet state formation in PDI aggregates that target organic electronics. Using ultrafast transient absorption and stimulated Raman spectroscopy, the mechanism of (3)*PDI formation was found to depend strongly on a competition between the rate of Xan(•+)-PDI(•-) formation involving the spacer group and the rate of excimer-like state formation. Which mechanism is favored depends on the degree of electronic coupling between the two PDI molecules and/or solvent polarity. Singlet exciton fission to produce (3)*PDI does not compete kinetically with these processes. The excimer-like state decays relatively slowly with τ = 28 ns to produce (3)*PDI, while charge recombination of Xan(•+)-PDI(•-) yields (3)*PDI more than an order of magnitude faster. The perpendicular orientation between the π orbitals of PDI and the Xan bridge provides a large enough orbital angular momentum change to greatly increase the intersystem crossing rate via Xan(•+)-PDI(•-) → (3)*PDI charge recombination. These results highlight the importance of understanding inter-chromophore electronic coupling in a wide range of geometries as well as the active role that molecular spacers can play in the photophysics of covalent models for self-assembled chromophore aggregates.
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