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Title: Effects of environment of the activated nonradiative decay of the /sup 3/A/sub 2/ state of Rh/sub 2/(TMB)/sub 4//sup 2 +/

Journal Article · · Inorg. Chem.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ic00215a016· OSTI ID:5953286

The effect of environment on the temperature dependence of the nonradiative decay of the /sup 3/A/sup 2/ state of Rh/sub 2/(TMB)/sub 4//sup 2 +/ (TMB = 2,5-dimethyl-2,5-diisocyanohexane) is studied. The temperature dependence of the observed nonradiative decay rate can be approximately fit to an Arrhenius-like expression: k/sub obsd/ = k/sub 0/ + Ae/sup -E/sub a//RT/. Arrhenius parameters are obtained in seven different environments, with the activation energies varying from 1970 to 3420 cm/sup -1/. A plot of 1n A vs. E/sub a/, known as a Barclay-Butler plot, is linear, with slope = 3.3 x 10/sup -3/ cm and y intercept = 20.0. The linear Barclay-Butler plot suggests that the activated decay from the /sup 3/A/sub 2/ state of Rh/sub 2/(TMB)/sub 4//sup 2 +/ has the same mechanism, regardless of environment. Single-crystal, dilute-plastic, and dilute-crystal environments have been tested. 13 references, 4 figures.

Research Organization:
Univ. of California, Santa Cruz
OSTI ID:
5953286
Journal Information:
Inorg. Chem.; (United States), Vol. 24:21
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English