Interpretation of the ultrafast photoinduced processes in pentacene thin films

Thomas Scheby Kuhlman; Jacob Kongsted; Kurt V Mikkelsen; Klaus Braagaard Møller; Theis I Sølling

doi:10.1021/ja909166s

Interpretation of the ultrafast photoinduced processes in pentacene thin films

Thomas Scheby Kuhlman, Jacob Kongsted, Kurt V Mikkelsen, Klaus Braagaard Møller, Theis I Sølling

Department of Chemistry

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Abstract

Ambiguity remains in the models explaining the photoinduced dynamics in pentacene thin films as observed in pump-probe experiments. One model advocates exciton fission as governing the evolution of the initially excited species, whereas the other advocates the formation of an excimeric species subsequent to excitation. On the basis of calculations by a combined quantum mechanics and molecular mechanics (QM/MM) method and general considerations regarding the excited states of pentacene we propose an alternative, where the initially excited species instead undergoes internal conversion to a doubly excited exciton. The conjecture is supported by the observed photophysical properties of pentacene from both static as well as time-resolved experiments.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of the American Chemical Society
Volume	132
Issue number	10
Pages (from-to)	3431-9
Number of pages	9
ISSN	0002-7863
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/ja909166s
Publication status	Published - 17 Mar 2010

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