Ideality of pressure-sensitive paint. II. Effect of annealing on the temperature dependence of the luminescence

This article reports the effect of annealing on a pressure-sensitive paint (PSP) consisting of platinum tetra(pentafluorophenyl)porphine (PtTFPP) in a fluoroacrylic polymer called FIB (Puklin, E.; Carlson, W. B.; Gouin, S.; C ostin, C.; Green, E.; Ponomarev, S.; Tanji, H.; Gouterman, M. J Appl Polym Sci 2000, 77, 2795). Samples annealed at 150 degrees C, 75 degrees C, annea led by a heat gun, and dried at room temperature are compared to nonanneale d samples. Temperature dependences of luminescence intensity and lifetime a re studied as a function and pressure and temperature and fit with Arrheniu s and Stern-Volmer equations. We find that heating above T-g is more import ant than drying at room temperature in lowering the temperature dependence and obtaining ideal PSP, ideal meaning independent effect of pressure and t emperature on luminescence properties of the paint. Ideality is achieved by lowering the activation energy for oxygen diffusion, presumably by relaxat ion of the polymer network. It is shown that ideal behavior occurs only ove r a limited temperature region. This range is more useful for PtTFPP in FIB than for ruthenium bathophenanthroline in polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), ano ther common PSP formulation. (C) 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.