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Photophysical behavior of norharmane related to proximity effect

I. ZabalaA. OlbaFrancisco Tomás

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Physics::Biological PhysicsQuantitative Biology::BiomoleculesChemistryBiophysicsGeneral ChemistryCondensed Matter PhysicsPolarization (waves)PhotochemistryBiochemistryFluorescenceAtomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsMolecular electronic transitionCondensed Matter::Soft Condensed MatterSolventVibronic couplingExcited statePolarSinglet statePhysics::Chemical Physics

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Abstract Solvent and temperature effects of fluorescence and its polarization characteristics for norharmane were studied. From the results obtained it is concluded that the fluorescent state changes from the φφ ∗ -type in a polar solvent (EPA) to nφ ∗ -type in a nonpolar solvent (MC), and also that lowest singlet excited states (φφ ∗ -type and nφ ∗ -type) interact by vibronic coupling. In the nonpolar solvent (MC) the lowest singlet excited states are very close in energy and consequently the vibronic coupling is stronger. At high temperatures, in a nonpolar solvent (MC), the emission is from both the φφ ∗ - and nφ ∗ -states due to thermal equilibration, while at low temperatures the emission is only from the lowest singlet state. This agrees with the red shift observed in this solvent at low temperatures.

https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-2313(90)90055-g