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Single-molecule linewidths of terrylene in incommensurate biphenyl: Thermocycling and time-resolved experiments

Palm, V. ; Pars, M. ; Kikas, J. ; Nilsson, Mattias LU and Kröll, Stefan LU (2007) In Journal of Luminescence 127(1). p.218-223
Abstract
The purely electronic linewidth delta of terrylene impurity molecules in monocrystalline biphenyl is studied at temperatures T between 1.7 and 3.5 K using the technique of single-molecule spectroscopy (SMS). Based on the data obtained, individual molecules appear to have their own law of delta(T) dependence; further, hysteresis effects have been observed in thermocycling experiments. The single-molecule (SM) lines investigated quickly broaden and vanish at temperatures between 3 and 3.5 K and reappear after the sample is cooled down again. At T approximate to 2 K, a slow process of spectral diffusion (SD) was observed on timescales longer than 10s. To learn about the role of faster SD processes, the technique of intensity time-frequency... (More)
The purely electronic linewidth delta of terrylene impurity molecules in monocrystalline biphenyl is studied at temperatures T between 1.7 and 3.5 K using the technique of single-molecule spectroscopy (SMS). Based on the data obtained, individual molecules appear to have their own law of delta(T) dependence; further, hysteresis effects have been observed in thermocycling experiments. The single-molecule (SM) lines investigated quickly broaden and vanish at temperatures between 3 and 3.5 K and reappear after the sample is cooled down again. At T approximate to 2 K, a slow process of spectral diffusion (SD) was observed on timescales longer than 10s. To learn about the role of faster SD processes, the technique of intensity time-frequency correlation (ITFC) SMS was applied to a stable SM line after it had been broadened by 75% as a result of a thermocycling experiment. At 2 and 2.3 K, no significant line broadening could be revealed on timescales between 0.16 ms and 10s. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. (Less)
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hysteresis, linewidth temperature, dependence, time-resolved single-molecule spectroscopy, terrylene, incommensurate biphenyl
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Journal of Luminescence
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127
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1
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218 - 223
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Elsevier
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0022-2313
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10.1016/j.jlumin.2007.02.027
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English
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  abstract     = {{The purely electronic linewidth delta of terrylene impurity molecules in monocrystalline biphenyl is studied at temperatures T between 1.7 and 3.5 K using the technique of single-molecule spectroscopy (SMS). Based on the data obtained, individual molecules appear to have their own law of delta(T) dependence; further, hysteresis effects have been observed in thermocycling experiments. The single-molecule (SM) lines investigated quickly broaden and vanish at temperatures between 3 and 3.5 K and reappear after the sample is cooled down again. At T approximate to 2 K, a slow process of spectral diffusion (SD) was observed on timescales longer than 10s. To learn about the role of faster SD processes, the technique of intensity time-frequency correlation (ITFC) SMS was applied to a stable SM line after it had been broadened by 75% as a result of a thermocycling experiment. At 2 and 2.3 K, no significant line broadening could be revealed on timescales between 0.16 ms and 10s. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.}},
  author       = {{Palm, V. and Pars, M. and Kikas, J. and Nilsson, Mattias and Kröll, Stefan}},
  issn         = {{0022-2313}},
  keywords     = {{hysteresis; linewidth temperature; dependence; time-resolved single-molecule spectroscopy; terrylene; incommensurate biphenyl}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{218--223}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Journal of Luminescence}},
  title        = {{Single-molecule linewidths of terrylene in incommensurate biphenyl: Thermocycling and time-resolved experiments}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2007.02.027}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.jlumin.2007.02.027}},
  volume       = {{127}},
  year         = {{2007}},
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