Ultrafast Excitation Transfer and Trapping in a Thin Polymer Film.

Mette Grage; Yuri Zausjitsyn; Arkady Yartsev; Mirianas Chachisvilis; Villy Sundström; Tönu Pullerits

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.67.205207

Ultrafast Excitation Transfer and Trapping in a Thin Polymer Film.

Mette Grage, Yuri Zausjitsyn, Arkady Yartsev, Mirianas Chachisvilis, Villy Sundström, Tönu Pullerits

Chemical Physics

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Transient absorption anisotropy of a polythiophene polymer in a thin film was studied on a femtosecond time scale. The anisotropy has a non-exponential decay on the sub-picosecond time scale, with a fastest component characterized by an ∼40 fs time constant. To simulate the anisotropy decay an incoherent energy migration model has been used. Comparison between the simulated and experimental kinetics enabled us to estimate the nearest-neighbor pair wise hopping time (τh=1±0.1 ps), the fraction of the interchain aggregates (∼10%) and the structural disorder of the polymer. The initial ∼30 fs anisotropy decay does not originate from incoherent hopping energy transfer but from some other relaxation among electronic excited states within a spectroscopic unit.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	205207-1-205207-5
Journal	Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics)
Volume	67
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.67.205207
Publication status	Published - 2003

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Ultrafast Excitation Transfer and Trapping in a Thin Polymer Film.

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