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Ultrafast quenching of the xanthone triplet by energy transfer: New insight into the intersystem crossing kinetics

Satzger, H.
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Schmidt, B.
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Root, C.
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2004
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A

The formation and quenching of the triplet state of xanthone are studied by femtosecond techniques. As revealed by femtosecond fluorescence spectroscopy, the primarily excited 1ππ* state decays within 1.5 ps. In a transient absorption experiment, this time constant is associated with a partial rise of a triplet signature. This rise has a second and slower component with a time constant of 12 ps. In the presence of high concentrations of the quencher 1-methylnaphthalene, the slow 12 ps rise component is absent. This finding gives strong evidence that the biphasic rise of the triplet absorption of xanthone is due to a sequential mechanism, namely, a 1ππ * → 3nπ* with fast intersystem crossing followed by a 3nπ* → 3ππ* internal conversion. Furthermore, an analysis of the concentration dependence of the quenching kinetics allows one to pin down the intrinsic transfer time of the triplet energy from xanthone to 1-methylnaphthalene to ∼ 1 ps.

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DOI
10.1021/jp047583
Author(s)
Satzger, H.
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Schmidt, B.
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Root, C.
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Zinth, W.
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Fierz, B.  
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Krieger, F.
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Kiefhaber, T.
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Gilch, P.
Date Issued

2004

Published in
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
Volume

108

Issue

46

Start page

10072

End page

10079

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OTHER

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October 15, 2012
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