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Autori principali: Ichert, Alexandru G., Barford, William
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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author Ichert, Alexandru G.
Barford, William
author_facet Ichert, Alexandru G.
Barford, William
contents A theory of singlet fission in carotenoid dimers is presented which aims to explain the mechanism behind the creation of two uncorrelated triplets. Following the initial photoexcitation of a carotenoid chain to a "bright" $n^1B_u^+$ state, there is ultrafast internal conversion to the intrachain "dark" $1^1B_u^-$ triplet-pair state. This strongly exchanged-coupled state evolves into a pair of triplets on separate chains and spin-decoheres to form a pair of single, unentangled triplets, corresponding to complete singlet fission. The simulated EPR spectra for lycopene dimers shows a distinct spectral signal due to the residual exchange coupling between the triplet-pairs on seperate carotenoid chains.
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spellingShingle Singlet Fission in Carotenoid Dimers -- The Role of the Exchange and Dipolar Interactions
Ichert, Alexandru G.
Barford, William
Chemical Physics
A theory of singlet fission in carotenoid dimers is presented which aims to explain the mechanism behind the creation of two uncorrelated triplets. Following the initial photoexcitation of a carotenoid chain to a "bright" $n^1B_u^+$ state, there is ultrafast internal conversion to the intrachain "dark" $1^1B_u^-$ triplet-pair state. This strongly exchanged-coupled state evolves into a pair of triplets on separate chains and spin-decoheres to form a pair of single, unentangled triplets, corresponding to complete singlet fission. The simulated EPR spectra for lycopene dimers shows a distinct spectral signal due to the residual exchange coupling between the triplet-pairs on seperate carotenoid chains.
title Singlet Fission in Carotenoid Dimers -- The Role of the Exchange and Dipolar Interactions
topic Chemical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.14282