ELECTRONIC-ENERGY TRANSFER BETWEEN DYE MOLECULES IN POLYMER SYSTEMS

Processes of electronic excitation energy transfer between dye molecul es in aqueous solutions of polyelectrolytes and surfactants were studi ed. The dependencies of the efficiency of the energy transfer between the dye molecules were obtained experimentally. We found that the dist ribution of the interacting molecules in the investigated systems has a fractal character. The fractal dimension of the investigated systems depends on the concentration of surfactants and polyelectrolytes. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.