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Ultrafast Time-resolved Near-IR Stimulated Raman Measurements of Functional π-conjugate Systems
Published on: February 10, 2020
Effect of disorder on ultrafast exciton dynamics probed by single molecule spectroscopy
Jordi Hernando1, Erik M H P van Dijk, Jacob P Hoogenboom
1MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands.
Abstract:
We present a single-molecule study unraveling the effect of static disorder on the vibrational-assisted ultrafast exciton dynamics in multichromophoric systems. For every single complex, we probe the initial exciton relaxation process by an ultrafast pump-probe approach and the coupling to vibrational modes by emission spectra, while fluorescence lifetime analysis measures the amount of static disorder. Exploiting the wide range of disorder found from complex to complex, we demonstrate that static disorder accelerates the dephasing and energy relaxation rate of the exciton.
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