Abstract
The time-resolved photophysical behaviour of α,α-dinaphthylpropane (αα-DNP) in iso-octane solution at temperatures greater than 30°C is in good agreement with the predictions of Birks kinetics. At temperatures below 30°C the fluorescence decay behaviour is more complex. This has serious implications for the attempted use of αα-DNP (or indeed any other bichromophoric compound) in attempts to probe macromolecular dynamics if 'forced fits' to dual-exponential functions were to be employed. The complexity of the fluorescence decay behaviour of such a simple model molecule (in which the complication of 'tacticity' and/or energy migration effects are obviated) has implications regarding the interpretation of the photophysical behaviour of macromolecules derived from vinyl aromatic monomers.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 3576-3581 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Polymer |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 17 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1993 |
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Keywords
- fluorescence
- kinetics
- photophysics
- polymer dynamics
- probe
- α,α-dinaphthylpropane
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Organic Chemistry
- Polymers and Plastics
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α,α-Dinaphthylpropane : a model for polymer photophysics and a probe for the investigation of macromolecular dynamics? / Annable, Tom; Soutar, Ian; Rumbles, Gary.
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T1 - α,α-Dinaphthylpropane
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AU - Annable, Tom
AU - Soutar, Ian
AU - Rumbles, Gary
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - The time-resolved photophysical behaviour of α,α-dinaphthylpropane (αα-DNP) in iso-octane solution at temperatures greater than 30°C is in good agreement with the predictions of Birks kinetics. At temperatures below 30°C the fluorescence decay behaviour is more complex. This has serious implications for the attempted use of αα-DNP (or indeed any other bichromophoric compound) in attempts to probe macromolecular dynamics if 'forced fits' to dual-exponential functions were to be employed. The complexity of the fluorescence decay behaviour of such a simple model molecule (in which the complication of 'tacticity' and/or energy migration effects are obviated) has implications regarding the interpretation of the photophysical behaviour of macromolecules derived from vinyl aromatic monomers.
AB - The time-resolved photophysical behaviour of α,α-dinaphthylpropane (αα-DNP) in iso-octane solution at temperatures greater than 30°C is in good agreement with the predictions of Birks kinetics. At temperatures below 30°C the fluorescence decay behaviour is more complex. This has serious implications for the attempted use of αα-DNP (or indeed any other bichromophoric compound) in attempts to probe macromolecular dynamics if 'forced fits' to dual-exponential functions were to be employed. The complexity of the fluorescence decay behaviour of such a simple model molecule (in which the complication of 'tacticity' and/or energy migration effects are obviated) has implications regarding the interpretation of the photophysical behaviour of macromolecules derived from vinyl aromatic monomers.
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KW - photophysics
KW - polymer dynamics
KW - probe
KW - α,α-dinaphthylpropane
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