Increase in exciton decay rate due to plane-to-plane interaction between cyanine thin films
Author(s) -
Junpei Nagauchi,
Osamu Kojima,
Takashi Kita,
YongGu Shim
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
aip advances
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 58
ISSN - 2158-3226
DOI - 10.1063/1.4959191
Subject(s) - cyanine , exciton , thin film , reaction rate constant , molecule , plane (geometry) , range (aeronautics) , materials science , chemistry , chemical physics , condensed matter physics , kinetics , atomic physics , optics , nanotechnology , physics , composite material , organic chemistry , geometry , mathematics , quantum mechanics , fluorescence
We report an increase in exciton decay rates because of long-range interaction based on surface charge between cyanine thin films. The dependence of the decay rate on the spatial separation between the cyanine molecule layers shows that the rate is almost constant, which is different from the well-known energy transfer process. The rate is hardly affected by the fluctuation of the film thickness, which is an advantage of using cyanine or organic molecules.
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