C. Bacchiocchi et C. Zannoni, ENERGY-TRANSFER IN CONDENSED SYSTEMS - THE EFFECT OF PHASE ORGANIZATION, Chemical physics letters, 268(5-6), 1997, pp. 541-548
We investigate the effects that a phase transformation, from isotropic
to orientationally (nematic) and positionally (smectic) ordered mesop
hases, has on the energy transfer process between solute molecules. We
combine Metropolis Monte Carlo simulations and a master equation appr
oach to study radiationless energy transfer processes in three-dimensi
onal ordered systems of identical uniaxial particles interacting via t
he Gay-Berne potential. The time-dependent excitation probability and
the fluorescence anisotropy decay curves show an enhanced energy trans
fer in systems with a higher degree of order. We also find a non-isotr
opic evolution of the time-dependent excitation probability in systems
with positional as well as orientational order, with a faster energy
transfer in the smectic planes. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.