title: Effects of solvent on the fluorescence of 2-anilinonaphthalene.
abstract: Solvation dynamics of 2-anilinonaphthalene (2-AN) has been studied at room temperature in a series of solvents with different polarity. The computation at the Hartree-Fock level of theory with the 3-21G* basis set has also been performed to study the structure of 2-AN in the ground and excited states. Steady-state fluorescence and fluorescence lifetime of 2-AN show the dependence of the fluorescence decay on the polarity and viscosity of solvent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Box 5048, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Ali A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: El-Rayyes
authors.forename: Than
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Htun
mesh_terms: D015081:2-Naphthylamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry*; D004563:Electrochemistry; D010777:Photochemistry; D012997:Solvents; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D012997:Solvents; C011948:neozone; D015081:2-Naphthylamine