Chernick Erin T, Mi Qixi, Vega Amy M, Lockard Jenny V, Ratner Mark A, Wasielewski Michael R
Department of Chemistry and International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, USA.
J Phys Chem B. 2007 Jun 21;111(24):6728-37. doi: 10.1021/jp068741v. Epub 2007 Feb 20.
A t-butylphenylnitroxide (BPNO*) stable radical is attached to an electron donor-bridge-acceptor (D-B-A) system having well-defined distances between the components: MeOAn-6ANI-Ph(BPNO*)-NI, where MeOAn=p-methoxyaniline, 6ANI=4-(N-piperidinyl)naphthalene-1,8-dicarboximide, Ph=phenyl, and NI=naphthalene-1,8:4,5-bis(dicarboximide). MeOAn-6ANI, BPNO*, and NI are attached to the 1, 3, and 5 positions of the Ph bridge, respectively. Time-resolved optical and EPR spectroscopy show that BPNO* influences the spin dynamics of the photogenerated triradical states 2,4(MeOAn+-6ANI-Ph(BPNO)-NI-), resulting in slower charge recombination within the triradical, as compared to the corresponding biradical lacking BPNO. The observed spin-spin exchange interaction between the photogenerated radicals MeOAn+* and NI-* is not altered by the presence of BPNO*. However, the increased spin density on the bridge greatly increases radical pair (RP) intersystem crossing from the photogenerated singlet RP to the triplet RP. Rapid formation of the triplet RP makes it possible to observe a biexponential decay of the total RP population with components of tau=740 ps (0.75) and 104 ns (0.25). Kinetic modeling shows that the faster decay rate is due to rapid establishment of an equilibrium between the triplet RP and the neutral triplet state resulting from charge recombination, whereas the slower rate monitors recombination of the singlet RP to ground state.
叔丁基苯基氮氧化物(BPNO*)稳定自由基连接到一个电子供体-桥-受体(D-B-A)体系,该体系各组分之间具有明确的距离:MeOAn-6ANI-Ph(BPNO*)-NI,其中MeOAn = 对甲氧基苯胺,6ANI = 4-(N-哌啶基)萘-1,8-二甲酰亚胺,Ph = 苯基,NI = 萘-1,8:4,5-双(二甲酰亚胺)。MeOAn-6ANI、BPNO和NI分别连接到Ph桥的1、3和5位。时间分辨光学和电子顺磁共振光谱表明,BPNO影响光生三自由基态2,4(MeOAn+-6ANI-Ph(BPNO)-NI-)的自旋动力学,与相应的不含BPNO的双自由基相比,导致三自由基内的电荷复合变慢。在光生自由基MeOAn+*和NI-之间观察到的自旋-自旋交换相互作用不受BPNO存在的影响。然而,桥上自旋密度的增加极大地增加了自由基对(RP)从光生单重态RP到三重态RP的系间窜越。三重态RP的快速形成使得能够观察到总RP群体的双指数衰减,其组分的弛豫时间τ分别为740 ps(0.75)和104 ns(0.25)。动力学模型表明,较快的衰减速率是由于三重态RP与电荷复合产生的中性三重态之间迅速建立平衡,而较慢的速率监测单重态RP到基态的复合。