Emission from Charge Recombination during the Pulse Radiolysis of Arylethynylpyrenes
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Journal of Physical Chemistry B 110 (26): 13296-13303
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Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Journal Volume
110
Journal Issue
26
Pages
13296-13303
Date Issued
2006
Date
2006
Author(s)
Samori, Shingo
Tojo, Sachiko
Fujitsuka, Mamoru
Yang, Shu-Wen
Ho, Tong-Ing
Majima, Tetsuro
Abstract
Emission from several 1-(arylethynyl)pyrenes with a substituent on the aryl group (REPy, R = phenyl (PEPy), 4-dimethylaminophenyl (NPEPy), 4-isopropoxyphenyl (OPEPy), 2-quinonyl (QEPy), and 9-(10-cyanoanthracenyl) (AEPy)) was studied with time-resolved fluorescence measurements during pulse radiolysis in benzene. NPEPy and AEPy showed only monomer emission, while PEPy, OPEPy, and QEPy showed both monomer and excimer emissions during pulse radiolysis. In addition, REPy's also showed long-lived emissions with very weak intensities in the absence of oxygen, which were assigned to the "P-type" delayed fluorescence derived from the triplet-triplet annihilation. The formation of REPy's in the singlet excited state (1REPy*) can be interpreted as the charge recombination between the REPy radical cation and anion (REPy*+ and REPy*-, respectively), which are initially generated from the radiolytic reaction in benzene. Both the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) of PEPy are localized on the 1-pyrenyl (Py) moiety, while the HOMO of REPy's with an electron donating or withdrawing substituent on the benzene ring (R(D)EPy such as NPEPy and OPEPy or R(A)EPy such as QEPy and AEPy) is mainly localized on the donor moieties (R(D) or Py) and the LUMO on the acceptor ones (Py or R(A), respectively). Therefore, it is suggested that the one-electron oxidation and reduction of REPy's can occur from the donor and acceptor moieties, respectively. This scheme reasonably explains the relationship between the annihilation enthalpy changes (-Delta H' degrees) for the charge recombination of REPy*+ and REPy*- and the singlet excitation energies (E'(S1) of the REPy's. The results are compared with those in electrogenerated chemiluminescence.
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