Stem-Volmer properties

A different explanation was identified in the quenching properties of these heterocycles. Thiophene and mono methyl derivatives are efficient quenchers of triplet benzophenone. The Stem-Volmer plot showed a linear relationship [104, 105]. On the contrary, 2,5-dimethylthiophene (a compound able to give the cycloaddition reaction) is not a good quencher of benzophene [106]. N-Benzoylpyrrole also does not act as a quencher of the triplet benzophenone [106]. On the contrary, pyrrole and selenophene are quenchers of the excited benzophenone [106]. In this case, the Stern-Volmer plot is not linear. This situation is commonly encountered when the quencher employed quenches two excited states. It seems reasonable that pyrrole acts as quencher of both triplet benzophenone and the exciplex between triplet benzophenone and pyrrole [106]. 

The vibrational energy levels of the B rio electronic state of I2 were studied by absorption spectroscopy in Exp. 39. In the present experiment, selected vibrational-rotational levels of this state will be populated using a pulsed laser. The fluorescence decay of these levels will be measured to determine the lifetime of excited iodine and to see the effect of fluorescence quenching caused by collisions with unexcited I2 molecules and with other molecules. In addition to giving experience with fast lifetime measurements, the experiment will illustrate a Stem-Volmer plot and the determination of quenching cross-sections for iodine. Student results for different quenching molecules will be pooled and the dependence of the cross sections on the molecular properties of the collision parmers will be compared with predictions of two simple models. 

The oxygen-sensing properties of PtOEP immobilized in a poly-Sty -co-PFS film is characterized by the Stem-Volmer quenching constant, obtained from Eq. (10-3), where /q and I are the luminescence intensities in the absence and presence of oxygen, respectively. Ksw was obtained from a linear plot of (/q//) - 1 versus [O2]. 

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