Cis‐stilbene isomerization: Temperature dependence and the role of mechanical friction
Cis‐stilbene isomerization: Temperature dependence and the role of mechanical friction
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顺式二苯乙烯异构化:温度依赖性和机械摩擦的作用
DOI:
10.1063/1.464672
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发表时间:
1993
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
G. Fleming
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作者:
D. Todd;G. Fleming
The fluorescence decay time of cis‐stilbene has been measured in a variety of solvents over a large temperature range. An isoviscosity Arrhenius plot in n‐alkanes yields an activation energy of 386±29 cm−1. We interpret this result as an upper limit for the cis‐stilbene to trans‐stilbene barrier in nonpolar solvents. Isoviscosity plots in small alcohols are nonlinear, indicating complicated behavior in this solvent type. The excited state decay times in n‐alcohols and n‐alkane solvents correlate well with each other when plotted as a function of chain length, n. We infer from this plot that macroscopic viscosity is a poor measure of the friction felt by the isomerizing species when changing solvent, and that the potential energy surface is not substantially altered between n‐alkanes and n‐alcohols with n≥5. Decay times measured in 2‐propanol at 490, 475, 453, and 440 nm emission differ by no more than 90 fs, indicating that there is little or no spectral evolution during the excited state lifetime. A shor...