D. Becker et al., MATRIX DEUTERATION EFFECTS AND SPIN-LATTICE RELAXATION IN THE LOWEST TRIPLET OF THE PALLADIUM(II) COMPLEX PD(2-THPY)(2), Chemical physics letters, 235(5-6), 1995, pp. 490-496
Pd(2-thpy)(2) isolated in protonated or deuterated frozen n-octane (Sh
pol'skii matrices) exhibits highly resolved triplet emission and excit
ation spectra. One observes interesting differences for the two matric
es: (i) The protonated matrix shows only one dominant guest site while
the deuterated matrix exhibits two dominant sites. (ii) Low-energy sa
tellites corresponding to lattice modes are distinctly shifted to lowe
r energy due to deuteration of the matrix. (iii) 1.3 K the triplet sub
levels emit independently with lifetimes being nearly equal for both m
atrices. However, for 1.3 < T < 5 K one observes obvious differences i
n the decay behavior. This is explained by substantially smaller rates
of spin-lattice relaxation in the deuterated host. Different mechanis
ms of spin-lattice relaxation are discussed.