Ultrafast dynamics of the azobenzene-coumarin complex: investigation of cooling dynamics measured by an integrated molecular thermometer.
Ultrafast dynamics of the azobenzene-coumarin complex: investigation of cooling dynamics measured by an integrated molecular thermometer.
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偶氮苯-香豆素复合物的超快动力学:通过集成分子温度计测量的冷却动力学研究。
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10.1021/jp052501i
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2005
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Rodgers,MichaelAJ
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Velate,Suresh;Danilov,EvgenyO;Rodgers,MichaelAJ
The energy dissipation mechanism from photoexcited azobenzene (Az) was studied by femtosecond time-resolved UV absorption spectroscopy using 7-amino-4-trifluoromethylcoumarin (ATC) as a probe. The distance between the probe molecule and Az was fixed by covalently linking them together through a rigid proline spacer. Picosecond dynamics in THF solutions were studied upon excitation into the S1state by a 100 fs laser pulse at 480 nm. Transient absorption spectra obtained for Az-Pro-ATC combined the S1state absorption and vibrationally excited ground-state absorption of ATC. Correction of the transient spectrum of Az-Pro-ATC for the S1absorption provided the time-resolved absorption spectrum of the ATC hot band. Three major components were observed in the transient kinetics of Az-Pro-ATC vibrational cooling. It is proposed that in ca. 0.25 ps after the excitation, the S1state of azobenzene decays to form an initial vibrationally excited nonthermalized ground state of Az-Pro-ATC that involves vibrational modes of both azobenzene and coumarin. This hot ground state decays in ca. 0.32 ps to the next, vibrationally equilibrated, transient state by redistributing the energy within the molecule. Subsequently, the latter state cools by transferring its energy to the closest solvent molecules in ca. 5 ps; then, the energy diffuses to the bulk solvent in 13 ps.