Switching of the fluorescence emission of single molecules between the locally excited and charge transfer states

M. Angeles Izquierdo; Toby D.M. Bell; Satoshi Habuchi; Eduard Fron; Roberto Pilot; Tom Vosch; Steven De Feyter; Jan Verhoeven; Josemon Jacob; Klaus Müllen; Johan Hofkens; Frans C. De Schryver

doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2004.09.156

Switching of the fluorescence emission of single molecules between the locally excited and charge transfer states

M. Angeles Izquierdo, Toby D.M. Bell, Satoshi Habuchi, Eduard Fron, Roberto Pilot, Tom Vosch, Steven De Feyter, Jan Verhoeven, Josemon Jacob, Klaus Müllen, Johan Hofkens, Frans C. De Schryver

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Abstract

A novel perylene imide and oligo-pentaphenyl bisfluorene containing molecule is shown to undergo electron transfer to form an emissive charge transfer state in di-benzyl ether and THF. At the single molecule level in a PMMA film, fluorescence spectra characteristic of both emissive states (locally excited and charge transfer) are observed with 44% of the molecules studied showing switching between the two states. These results demonstrate that charge transfer fluorescence from single molecules can be used to report on the properties and dynamics of a molecule's immediate surroundings or nano-environment.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	503-508
Number of pages	6
Journal	Chemical Physics Letters
Volume	401
Issue number	4-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2004.09.156
State	Published - Jan 11 2005
Externally published	Yes

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Angeles Izquierdo, M., Bell, T. D. M., Habuchi, S., Fron, E., Pilot, R., Vosch, T., De Feyter, S., Verhoeven, J., Jacob, J., Müllen, K., Hofkens, J., & De Schryver, F. C. (2005). Switching of the fluorescence emission of single molecules between the locally excited and charge transfer states. Chemical Physics Letters, 401(4-6), 503-508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2004.09.156

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Switching of the fluorescence emission of single molecules between the locally excited and charge transfer states

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