Using time-resolved photoinduced transient absorption and gated emission techniques long-lived excitations of the solid-state conjugated polymer poly(3-methyl-4-octyl-thiophene) (PMOT) have been detected and analyzed at different temperatures. At 15 K phosphorescence and delayed fluorescence resulting from triplet and geminate pair decay, respectively, are observed. A redshifted emission (with respect to the prompt fluorescence) detected at ambient temperatures is assigned to excimer fluorescence. We also observed excitations with extremely long lifetimes of 300 ms at 289 K that we allocate to triplet excimer formation.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Rothe et al. (2002) studied this question.