MONTE CARLO SIMULATION OF ELECTRONIC EXCITATION ENERGY TRANSFER: PERRIN'S MODEL FOR STATIC LUMINESCENCE QUENCHING

MONTE CARLO SIMULATION OF ELECTRONIC EXCITATION ENERGY TRANSFER: PERRIN'S MODEL FOR STATIC LUMINESCENCE QUENCHING. A software based in the Monte Carlo method has been developed aiming the teaching of the Perrin's model for static luminescence quenching. This software allows the student to easily simulate the luminescence decays of emissive molecules in the presence of quenching ones. The software named PERRIN was written for FreeBASIC compiler and it can be applied for systems where the molecules remain static during its excited state lifetime. The good agreement found between the simulations and the expected theoretical results shows that it can be used for the luminescence and excited states decay kinetic teaching.