Exciton Dynamics of Photoexcited Pendant Porphyrin Polymers in Solution and in Thin Films
Several new polymers with rotatable zinc porphyrin pendants have been synthesized and their optical spectroscopic and photophysical properties, including upconversion efficiencies, determined in both fluid solution and thin films. Comparisons made with the β-substituted zinc tetraphenylporphyrin mon...
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Published in | The journal of physical chemistry. A, Molecules, spectroscopy, kinetics, environment, & general theory Vol. 122; no. 50; pp. 9605 - 9614 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
American Chemical Society
20.12.2018
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Summary: | Several new polymers with rotatable zinc porphyrin pendants have been synthesized and their optical spectroscopic and photophysical properties, including upconversion efficiencies, determined in both fluid solution and thin films. Comparisons made with the β-substituted zinc tetraphenylporphyrin monomers and ZnTPP itself reveal that the yield of triplets resulting from either Q-band or Soret-band excitation of the polymers is surprisingly small. A detailed kinetic analysis of the fluorescence decays and transient triplet absorptions of the substituted monomers and their corresponding polymers reveals that this phenomenon is due to two parallel internal singlet quenching processes assigned to transient intrachain excimer formation. Consequently, the yields of upconverted S2 fluorescence resulting from Q-band excitation in the degassed polymers are significantly diminished in both fluid solution and thin films. Implications of these results for the design of polymer upconverting systems are discussed. |
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ISSN: | 1089-5639 1520-5215 |
DOI: | 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b09321 |