Abstract
We report time-resolved and steady-state photoluminescence studies of three substituted phenylene vinylene model compounds in solvents of different dielectric constant. We note that the compound containing both the alkoxy and cyano substitution exhibits a drop in the quantum yield relative to the monosubstituted alkoxy or alkyl compounds. In addition, the emission spectrum loses structure and shifts to the red in high dielectric constant solvent. Estimates of the non-radiative lifetime of the emitting species in this model compound are markedly longer and we interpret this as an indication that the emitting state has a high degree of charge-transfer character.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 631-632 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Synthetic Metals |
| Volume | 101 |
| Issue number | 1-3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 1 1999 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1998 International Conference on Science and Technology of Synthetic Metals (ICSM-98) - Montpellier, France Duration: Jul 12 1998 → Jul 18 1998 |
Keywords
- Photoluminescence
- Poly (phenylene vinylene) and derivatives
- UV-Vis absorption
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering
- Metals and Alloys
- Materials Chemistry
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De Souza, M. M., Rumbles, G., Samuel, I. D. W., Moratti, S. C., & Holmes, A. B. (1999). The influence of solvent dielectric constant on the photophysical properties of cyano and alkoxy substituted phenylene vinylene model compounds. Synthetic Metals, 101(1-3), 631-632. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0379-6779(98)00814-5