Manipulating molecules with strong coupling: harvesting triplet excitons in organic exciton microcavities

Polak, Daniel; Jayaprakash, Rahul; Lyons, Thomas P.; Martínez-Martínez, Luis Á.; Leventis, Anastasia; Fallon, Kealan J.; Coulthard, Harriet; Bossanyi, David G.; Georgiou, Kyriacos; Petty, II, Anthony J.; Anthony, John; Bronstein, Hugo; Yuen-Zhou, Joel; Tartakovskii, Alexander I.; Clark, Jenny; Musser, Andrew J.

doi:10.1039/C9SC04950A

Title: Manipulating molecules with strong coupling: harvesting triplet excitons in organic exciton microcavities

Journal Article · 01 January 2020 · Chemical Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C9SC04950A · OSTI ID:1575943

Polak, Daniel ^[1]; Jayaprakash, Rahul ^[1];

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^[1]; Georgiou, Kyriacos ^[1]; Petty, II, Anthony J. ^[1];

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^[2]; Tartakovskii, Alexander I. ^[1];

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Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, UK
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA
Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, UK, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Exciton-polaritons are quasiparticles with mixed photon and exciton character with the potential to modify chemical properties of materials. Here, they are used to provide dark, high-spin triplet-pair states a new pathway to emit light.

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Journal Information:: Chemical Science, Journal Name: Chemical Science Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 11; ISSN 2041-6520; ISSN CSHCBM

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Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

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