C. Cazeaudubroca et al., ROOM-TEMPERATURE PHOSPHORESCENCE OF 2,2'-BIQUINOLINE IN POLYMERIC MATRICES, Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences. Chemical sciences, 105(6), 1993, pp. 659-666
An original and very strong long-lived emission of 2,2'-biquinoline is
observed in hydrogen-bonded polymeric matrices only. This long-lived
emission (tau(D) = 1 s) is ascribed to room-temperature phosphorescenc
e (RTP) because of the large value of the decay time, the temperature-
dependence, and the polarization results. The existence of hydrogen-bo
nded complexes in the ground state is assumed to be the origin of the
RTP. They involve changes in the conformation of the 2,2'-biquinoline.