LOW FIELD ZEEMAN EFFECT STUDIES OF THE MECHANISM OF THE $S_{1} \longrightarrow T_{1}$ ELECTRONIC RELAXATION PROCESS FOR AROMATICS AND SUBSTITUTED AROMATICS
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1977
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Ohio State University
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The low field Zeeman effect on the phosphorescence intensity emitted from the lowest triplet state of a molecule cooled to liquid helium temperatures can give information concerning the radiationless pathway of intersystem crossing from the singlet manifold to the triplet manifold. In certain cases, it is possible to distinguish whether the intersystem crossing occurs directly to the lowest triplet $(S_{1}\longrightarrow T_{1})$ or indirectly through an intermediate triplet, $T_{x}$, located in energy between $S_{1}$ and $T_{1}$, followed by internal conversion to $T_{1} (S_{1} \longrightarrow T_{x}\longrightarrow T_{1})$. Once the pathway of intersystem crossing is found and if the symmetries of the states involved are known, it is possible to draw conclusions concerning the symmetry of the most effective promoting vibrational mode(s) for the inter-system crossing process. Recent results for aromatic and substituted aromatic molecules will be discussed.
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Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, University of California