Theory of non-Condon emission from the interchain exciton in conjugated polymer aggregates.
The authors present here a simple analysis that explains the apparent strengthening of electron phonon interaction upon aggregation in conjugated polymer materials. The overall scheme is that of an intermolecular Herzberg-Teller effect whereby sidebands of a forbidden transition are activated by oppositely phased vibrations. The authors show that upon aggregation, the 0-0 emission becomes symmetry forbidden and the apparent redshift and remaining vibronic structure are due to sideband (0-1,0-2, etc.) emission. At higher temperatures, the 0-0 peak is due to thermal population in a higher lying even-parity vibronic state rather than direct emission from the odd-paritied lowest intermolecular vibronic state.
Bittner
Eric R
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Texas Center for Superconductivity, Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204, USA. bittner@uh.edu
Karabunarliev
Stoyan
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Herz
Laura M
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