In this study, we found that, in perylene microcrystals, luminescence
peak position from free-exciton state was gradually shifted to high en
ergy side with reducing the crystal size, even if the microcrystals we
re fabricated by different kinds of preparation techniques. The life t
ime of luminescence from self-trapped exciton state became shorter whe
n the crystal size reduced. The main reason was estimated to be based
on the change of lattice state.