RADIATIONLESS DECAY OF 1,3,5,7-OCTATETRAENE Academic Article

abstract

• The decay kinetics of the 2 1Ag state of the linear polyene 1,3,5,7-octatetraene in hydrocarbon solutions have been measured by nanosecond and picosecond techniques from 10 to 320 K. The observed decrease in emission lifetime with increasing temperature is well described in terms of a temperature activated intramolecular radiationless decay process proceeding over a 4 kcal Arrhenius barrier. This barrier is not significantly affected by intermolecular interactions such as sample viscosity or phase and may be related to rotation about essential single bonds in the excited state. 1982 American Institute of Physics.

authors

• Rentzepis, Peter

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

author list (cited authors)

• ACKERMAN, J. R., KOHLER, B. E., HUPPERT, D., & RENTZEPIS, P. M.

citation count

• 34

complete list of authors

• ACKERMAN, JR||KOHLER, BE||HUPPERT, D||RENTZEPIS, PM

publication date

• October 1982

publisher

• AIP Publishing  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Chemical Physics  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1063/1.444359

start page

• 3967

end page

• 3973

volume

• 77

issue

• 8

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.444359