D. Liu et Pv. Kamat, PICOSECOND DYNAMICS OF CRESYL VIOLET H-AGGREGATES ADSORBED ON SIO2 AND SNO2 NANOCRYSTALLITES, The Journal of chemical physics, 105(3), 1996, pp. 965-970
The H-aggregates of cresyl violet dye which are formed on the negative
ly charged SiO2 and SnO2 nanocrystallites, exhibit relatively short-li
ved excitonic singlet state with a lifetime of about 35 ps. The differ
ence absorption maximum (lambda(max)=470 nm) is blue shifted compared
to the corresponding singlet excited state of monomer (lambda(max)=515
nm). Time-resolved transient absorption measurements show that these
dye aggregates are capable of injecting electrons from the triplet exc
ited state into SnO2 nanocrystallites. The rate constant for heterogen
eous electron transfer as measured from the formation of cation radica
l and electron trapping in SnO2 nanocrystallites was 2.0X10(8) s(-1).
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