Sub-picosecond fluorescence dynamics of organic light-emitting diode tris(8-hydroxyquinoline) metal complexes

Citation
W. Humbs et al., Sub-picosecond fluorescence dynamics of organic light-emitting diode tris(8-hydroxyquinoline) metal complexes, CHEM P LETT, 304(1-2), 1999, pp. 10-18
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Physical Chemistry/Chemical Physics
Journal title
CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
00092614 → ACNP
Volume
304
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
10 - 18
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-2614(19990423)304:1-2<10:SFDOOL>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
For a few complexes belonging to a new class of organic Light-emitting diod es (OLED), namely Al(III)- and Ga(III)-tris-8-hydroxyquinoline (Alq(3) and Gaq(3)), femtosecond fluorescence up-conversion measurements are reported. The fluorescence decays contain picosecond components when the complexes ar e dissolved in liquid solution. The fast components are not found in the ti me-resolved fluorescence of the complexes doped in an inert host crystal. T he results in liquid solution are characteristic of a dynamic Stokes shift due to the solvation in a Ligand-localized excited state. Furthermore, from the temporal behavior of the total fluorescence intensity it is concluded that, concomitant with solvation, adiabatic electron transfer takes place. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.