Intermolecular interaction and a concentration-quenching mechanism of phosphorescent Ir(III) complexes in a solid film.
Solid-state self-quenching processes of highly efficient Ir(III) phosphorescent emitters are investigated by the measurement of thin film photoluminescence quantum efficiency and transient lifetime as a function of doping concentration in a host matrix. The radiative decay rate constant is found to be independent from the average distance between dopant molecules (R), and the concentration-quenching rate constant is shown to be dependent on R(-6). The quenching dependence on R strongly suggests that luminescent concentration quenching in a phosphorescent Ir(III) complex:host film is controlled by dipole-dipole deactivating interactions as described by the Förster energy transfer model.
CREST program, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 1-32-12 Higashi, Shibuya, Tokyo 150-0011, Japan.
Yuichiro
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Kawamura
Jason
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Brooks
Julie J
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Brown
Hiroyuki
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Sasabe
Chihaya
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Adachi