Pulsed EPR spectroscopy of the photoexcited triplet states of thiophene oligomers in frozen solution

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作者
Bennati, M [1 ]
Grupp, A [1 ]
Mehring, M [1 ]
Bauerle, P [1 ]
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[1] UNIV WURZBURG,INST ORGAN CHEM,D-97074 WURZBURG,GERMANY
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10.1021/jp9522728
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
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We present a triplet EPR study on photoexcitations in two different series of well defined thiophene oligomers. The first series consists of the so-called 'end-capped' oligothiophenes with chain length n = 2-6. In the second series dodecyl chains are linked to alpha-oligothiophenes with n = 3, 6, and 8. Measurements of the triplet EPR spectra were performed using pulsed EPR spectroscopy. The characteristic lineshape of the EPR spectra provides evidence that photoexcitation leads to molecular triplet states in all compounds. We determined the fine structure parameters D and E and the population of the triplet eigenfunctions P-x, P-y, P-z performing spectra simulations. The chain length dependence and the conformation dependence are discussed.
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