Published July 19, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Stark absorption spectroscopy of peridinin and allene-modified analogues

  • 1. Department of Physics and CREST-JST, Graduated School of Science, Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585 (Japan)
  • 2. Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University, Gakuen 2-1, Sanda, Hyogo 669-1337 (Japan)
  • 3. Suntory Institute for Bioorganic Research, Wakayamadai 1-1-1, Shimamoto, Mishimagunn, Osaka 618-8503 (Japan)
  • 4. Glasgow Biomedical Research Centre, University of Glasgow, 120 University Place, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland (United Kingdom)
  • 5. Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, 55 North Eagleville Road, Storrs, CT 06269-3060 (United States)

Description

Stark absorption spectra of peridinin (Per) and five allene-modified analogues and their angular dependence as a function of an externally applied electric field were measured in methyl methacrylate polymer at 77 K. In all cases, the energetically lowest absorption band has a significant change of static dipole-moment upon photoexcitation (Δμ). In particular, Per has the largest value of |Δμ|. The angles between Δμ and the transition dipole-moment of all the analogues were determined. It is suggested that the allene group in Per plays a key role as the electron donor in the charge transfer process following photoexcitation. The results of MNDO-PSDCI calculations support this idea.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemphys.2010.01.018

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.chemphys.2010.01.018;
PII
S0301-0104(10)00031-5;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Chemical Physics
Journal Volume
373
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 71-79
ISSN
0301-0104
CODEN
CMPHC2

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