Analysis of Differing Experimental Results in Barrierless Reactions in Solution

Bagchi, Biman and Aberg, Ulf and Sundstrom, Villy (1989) Analysis of Differing Experimental Results in Barrierless Reactions in Solution. In: Chemical Physics Letters, 162 (3). pp. 227-232.

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Abstract

Different experimental techniques used to study dynamics of barrierless reactions have led to different results. An analysis of the cause of these differences is presented. In the absence of a clear separation of time scales between the reactive motion and the motion on the rest of the potential surface, different spectroscopic techniques may probe different aspects of the motion on the excited state potential surface, and may thus lead to different results for the non-radiative rate of decay of the excited state. We examine results from picosecond fluorescence, excited state absorption and ground state recovery experiments on crystal violet in normal alcohols. Excited state absorption and ground state recovery measure the non-radiative decay from the sink, whereas fluorescence decay measurements probe transient relaxation rather than the population lifetime in the excited state.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Chemical Physics Letters
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit
Date Deposited:	02 Jul 2008
Last Modified:	22 Feb 2012 07:13
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/7488

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