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Strongly Red-Shifted Photoluminescence Band Induced by Molecular Twisting in Cyanine (Cy3) Dye Films
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posted on 2017-06-28, 20:18 authored by Surendra
B. Anantharaman, Sergii Yakunin, Chuyao Peng, Marcus Vinícius
Gonçalves Vismara, Carlos F. O. Graeff, Frank A. Nüesch, Sandra Jenatsch, Roland Hany, Maksym V. Kovalenko, Jakob HeierCyanine
dye molecules, used as monomers or in aggregate form, find
interesting applications in optoelectronic devices. Among the various
aggregate species incorporating organic dyes, centrosymmetric dimers
are known as nonluminescent. They can act as exciton quenchers due
to a low-energy optically forbidden excited state. In this study,
however, we show that a dimer species in thin films exhibits efficient
and strongly red-shifted photoluminescence. When the films were excited,
a monomer emission at 590 nm along with a second emission peak at
680 nm was observed. A close relation between the dye concentration
and the emission showed that a new emission at 680 nm corresponds
to the dimer emission. Circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy reveals
that a fraction of the dimers exist in a twisted dimer configuration.
Stable, long-lived, and quenchable fluorescence with high quantum
yield is attributed to this dimer emission.