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Tuning the Nature of the Fluorescent State: A Substituted Polycondensed Dye as a Case Study
Author(s) -
Sissa Cristina,
Calabrese Valentina,
Cavazzini Marco,
Grisanti Luca,
Terenziani Francesca,
Quici Silvio,
Painelli Anna
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201202154
Subject(s) - fluorescence , state (computer science) , materials science , photochemistry , chemistry , computer science , optics , physics , programming language
An extensive spectroscopic analysis is presented of an elongated polycondensed dye with a donor–acceptor substitution. The charge‐transfer (CT) state, polarized along the long molecular axis, is close in energy to a local excitation (LE) of the polycondensed system, roughly polarized along the short molecular axis, which makes this system particularly suitable to investigate the subtle LE/CT interplay. An essential‐state model is presented that quantitatively reproduces absorption and fluorescence spectra, as well as fluorescence emission and excitation anisotropy spectra collected in solvents of different polarity and viscosity, which sets a sound basis for the understanding of how solvent polarity and solvent relaxation affect the nature of low‐lying excitations. The markedly different fluorescence emission and excitation anisotropy spectra measured in glassy and liquid polar solvents unambiguously demonstrate the major role played by solvent relaxation in the definition of fluorescence properties of the dye.