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Area of Science:

  • Organic molecular photonics
  • Supramolecular chemistry
  • Photovoltaic devices

Background:

  • Perylene diimide (PDI) aggregates are crucial for organic electronics.
  • Understanding their excited-state dynamics is vital but challenging due to architecture-dependent coupling.
  • A macrocyclic PDI dimer allows solvent-controlled tuning of excitonic coupling without synthesis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate solvent-dependent excited-state dynamics in a macrocyclic PDI dimer.
  • To correlate conformational changes with excitonic coupling strengths.
  • To elucidate the mechanisms of excimer formation and vibronic coupling.

Main Methods:

  • Coherent multidimensional spectroscopy (2D electronic spectroscopy).
  • Computational modeling (Density Functional Theory - DFT).
  • Analysis of low-frequency Raman active modes and 2D electronic "beatmaps".

Main Results:

  • Solvent-induced conformational changes modulate interchromophoric coupling.
  • Strongly coupled conformers form an excimer within 300 fs.
  • Low-frequency modes characteristic of exciton coupling were identified and assigned.
  • Time-dependent frequencies during excimer formation were observed.
  • Vibronic coupling effects beyond the displaced harmonic oscillator model were detected.

Conclusions:

  • Solvent engineering offers a viable strategy to control supramolecular structure and photophysical properties of PDI dimers.
  • Ultrafast excimer formation and complex vibronic coupling govern the excited-state dynamics.
  • Coherent multidimensional spectroscopy provides detailed insights into exciton-vibrational interactions in molecular aggregates.