Exciton excited-state

Figure 24. Schematic representation of the proposed radiative and nonradiative processes occurring in nanocrystalline Mn2+ CdS. The straight lines represent radiative processes and the curved lines represent nonradiative processes. (1) Absorption to generate excitonic excited state. (2) Energy transfer to defect. (3) Energy transfer to Mn2+ via defect. (4) Radiative decay of defect. (5) Radiative decay of Mn2+. (6) Direct energy transfer to Mn2+. [Adapted from (122).]...

In both studies photoconductance and optical properties lead to the conclusion that the formation of excitons (excited states of the azide ion) represents the initial step in the reaction scheme leading to decomposition. Moreover, the reaction of two excitons to form nitrogen was presumed to occur at trapping sites such as dislocations or cation or anion vacancies. 

An effect of the mutations is predicted on the energies of the local and exciton excited states of the SP, since it is well-known that monomeric BChl undergoes changes in transition probability and transition energy when it is converted into BPh (26). 

In a regime of strong interaction between the chains no optical coupling between the ground slate and the lowest excited state occurs. The absence of coupling, however, has a different origin. Indeed, below 7 A, the LCAO coefficients start to delocalize over the two chains and the wavefunclions become entirely symmetric below 5 A due to an efficient exchange of electrons between the chains. This delocalization of the wavcfunclion is not taken into account in the molecular exciton model, which therefore becomes unreliable at short chain separations. Analysis of the one-electron structure of the complexes indicates that the... 

The role of disorder in the photophysics of conjugated polymers has been extensively described by the work carried out in Marburg by H. Bassler and coworkers. Based on ultrafast photoluminescence (PL) (15], field-induced luminescence quenching [16J and site-selective PL excitation [17], a model for excited state thermalizalion was proposed, which considers interchain exciton migration within the inhomogenously broadened density of states. We will base part of the interpretation of our results in m-LPPP on this model, which will be discussed in some detail in Sections 8.4 and 8.6. 

It has been demonstrated that the whole photoexcitation dynamics in m-LPPP can be described considering the role of ASE in the population depletion process [33], Due to the collective stimulated emission associated with the propagation of spontaneous PL through the excited material, the exciton population decays faster than the natural lifetime, while the electronic structure of the photoexcited material remains unchanged. Based on the observation that time-integrated PL indicates the presence of ASE while SE decay corresponds to population dynamics, a numerical simulation was used to obtain a correlation of SE and PL at different excitation densities and to support the ASE model [33]. The excited state population N(R.i) at position R and time / within the photoexcited material is worked out based on the following equation ... 

The small and weakly time-dependent CPG that persisLs at longer delays can be explained by the slower diffusion of excitons approaching the localization edge [15]. An alternative and intriguing explanation is, however, field-induced on-chain dissociation, a process that does not depend on the local environment but on the nature of the intrachain state. The one-dimensional Wannier exciton model describes the excited state [44]. Dissociation occurs because the electric field reduces the Coulomb barrier, thus enhancing the escape probability. This picture is interesting, but so far we do not have any clear proof of its validity. 

The lowest excited states in molecular crystals are singlet and triplet excitons [3]. Since it costs coulombic energy to transfer an electron that has been excited optically from the HOMO (highest occupied molecular orbital) to the LUMC)... 

Fluorescent small molecules are used as dopants in either electron- or hole-transporting binders. These emitters are selected for their high photoluminescent quantum efficiency and for the color of their emission. Typical examples include perylene and its derivatives 44], quinacridones [45, penlaphenylcyclopenlcne [46], dicyanomethylene pyrans [47, 48], and rubrene [3(3, 49]. The emissive dopant is chosen to have a lower excited state energy than the host, such that if an exciton forms on a host molecule it will spontaneously transfer to the dopant. Relatively small concentrations of dopant are used, typically in the order of 1%, in order to avoid concentration quenching of their luminescence. 

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