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Time-resolved study of singlet molecular oxygen (/sup 1/. delta. /sub g/O/sub 2/) formation in a solution-phase photosensitized reaction: a new experimental technique to examine the dynamics of quenching by oxygen

Journal Article · · J. Phys. Chem.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/j100290a064· OSTI ID:6807340

The solution-phase, time-resolved phosphorescence of singlet molecular oxygen (/sup 1/..delta../sub g/O/sub 2/), created by energy transfer from a sensitizer, has been examined by using a near-infrared detection system capable of resolving events that result in the formation of /sup 1/..delta../sub g/O/sub 2/. As a method by which to examine oxygen quenching reactions, this approach is seen to complement flash absorption studies. Unlike existing experimental techniques, however, their approach is uniquely sensitive to rate-limiting steps that might exist during the energy-transfer process to form /sup 1/..delta../sub g/O/sub 2/. In this report, they present oxygen quenching rate constants for the triplet state of five different molecules in several solvents. In addition, they suggest that a static quenching component may be involved in the oxygen-induced deactivation of a triplet state.

Research Organization:
Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque
OSTI ID:
6807340
Journal Information:
J. Phys. Chem.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Phys. Chem.; (United States) Vol. 91:6; ISSN JPCHA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English