SINGLE-MOLECULE SPECTROSCOPY - FLUORESCENCE-LIFETIME MEASUREMENTS OF PENTACENE IN P-TERPHENYL

被引:47
作者
PIROTTA, M
GUTTLER, F
GYGAX, H
RENN, A
SEPIOL, J
WILD, UP
机构
[1] Physical Chemistry Laboratory, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH-Zentrum
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10.1016/0009-2614(93)87159-Z
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The fluorescence lifetime of single pentacene molecules in the O1 site of p-terphenyl at a temperature of 1.8 K has been measured. Individual molecules were repetitively excited by monochromatic Fourier transform limited light pulses with a duration of 9 ns. The time-correlated single-photon counting technique was employed to generate a histogram of the time distribution of the fluorescence photons emitted by single molecules.
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