An activated scheme for resonance energy transfer in conjugated materials.
Energy transfer mechanism in conjugated materials has been demonstrated with an activated expression, which is equivalent to Fermi's golden rule. Spectral overlap integrals obtained from simulated spectra of model chromophores agree very well with the results obtained with the activated formula. Although this approach works best for chromophores with spectral profiles resembling a Gaussian distribution, the activated expression formula also performs quite well for chromophores with vibronically resolved spectra. Activation energies for exciton hopping can also be predicted using a phonon coupled exciton relaxation scheme. The accuracy of predictions with this new approach is quite attractive and hence should allow practical applications.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58108, USA. muhammet.kose@ndsu.edu
Muhammet E
ME
Köse