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Journal of Physical Chemistry C 113 (2009) 11959-11968
Comparative investigation of ultrafast photoinduced processes in salicylidene-aminopyridine in solution and solid state
M. Sliwa ( ) 1, 2, N. Mouton 1, 2, C. Ruckebusch 1, 2, S. Aloïse 1, 2, O. Poizat 1, 2, G. Buntinx 1, 2, R. Métivier 3, H. Nakatani 3, H. Masuhara 4, T. Asahi ( ) 5
(2009)

Photodynamics and excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) of N-(3,5-ditert-butylsalicylidene)-4-aminopyridine (4P) and N-(3,5-ditert-butylsalicylidene)-2-aminopyridine (2P) are studied by steady-state and transient optical spectroscopy in solution and solid state (microcrystalline powder). These two compounds are representative of anils Classes A and B, respectively. The results confirm that in solution both compounds have a similar dynamic behavior: upon excitation at 390 nm, ESIPT leads to different cis-keto* fluorescent species which relax to the photochromic trans-keto photoproduct within a few tens of picoseconds. Furthermore, for the first time, picosecond data are recorded for the two classes of anils in the solid state: in 2P, two cis-keto* fluorescent excited state species (23 and 250 ps lifetime) are relaxing exclusively to the cis-keto ground state, whereas in 4P, a single cis-keto* fluorescent species is observed which leads to the trans-keto photoproduct in 250 ps via an intermediate metastable species.
1:  LAboratoire de Spectrochimie Infrarouge et Raman (LASIR)
Université Lille I - Sciences et technologies – CNRS : UMR8516
2:  Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Lasers et Applications (CERLA)
Université Lille I - Sciences et technologies
3:  Laboratoire de Photophysique et Photochimie Supramoléculaires et Macromoléculaires (PPSM)
CNRS : UMR8531 – École normale supérieure de Cachan - ENS Cachan
4:  Graduate School of Materials Science
Nara Institute os Science and Technology
5:  Department of Applied Physics
Osaka University
Chemical Sciences/Theoretical and/or physical chemistry