The relaxation dynamics of unsubstituted porphyrin (H2P), diprotonated porphyrin (H4P2+), and tetraoxaporphyrin dication (TOxP2+) has been investigated in the femtosecond-nanosecond time domain upon photoexcitation in the Soret band with pulses of femtosecond duration. By probing with spectrally broad femtosecond pulses, we have observed transient absorption spectra at delay times up to 1.5 ns. The kinetic profiles corresponding with the band maxima due to excited-state absorption have been determined for the three species. Four components of the relaxation process are distinguished for H2P: the unresolvably short B f Qy internal conversion is followed by the Qy f Qx process, vibrational relaxation, and thermalization in the Qx state with time constant 150 fs, 1.8 ps, and 24.9 ps, respectively. Going from H2P to TOxP2+, two processes are resolved, i.e., B f Q internal conversion and thermal equilibration in the Q state. The B f Q time constant has been determined to be 25 ps. The large difference with respect to the B f Qy time constant of H2P has been related to the increased energy gap between the coupled states, 9370 cm-1 in TOxP2+ vs 6100 cm-1 in H2P. The relaxation dynamics of H4P2+ has a first ultrafast component of 300 fs assigned as internal conversion between the B (or Soret) state and charge-transfer (CT) states of the H4P2+ complex with two trifluoroacetate counterions. This process is followed by internal CT f Q conversion (time constant 9 ps) and thermalization in the Q state (time constant 22 ps).

Excited states absorption and ultrafast relaxation dynamics of porphyrins, diprotonated porphyrins, and tetraoxaporphyrin dication / A.MARCELLI; P.FOGGI; L.MORONI; C. GELLINI; P. SALVI. - In: JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. A, MOLECULES, SPECTROSCOPY, KINETICS, ENVIRONMENT, & GENERAL THEORY. - ISSN 1089-5639. - STAMPA. - 112:(2008), pp. 1864-1872.

Excited states absorption and ultrafast relaxation dynamics of porphyrins, diprotonated porphyrins, and tetraoxaporphyrin dication.

FOGGI, PAOLO;GELLINI, CRISTINA;SALVI, PIER REMIGIO
2008

Abstract

The relaxation dynamics of unsubstituted porphyrin (H2P), diprotonated porphyrin (H4P2+), and tetraoxaporphyrin dication (TOxP2+) has been investigated in the femtosecond-nanosecond time domain upon photoexcitation in the Soret band with pulses of femtosecond duration. By probing with spectrally broad femtosecond pulses, we have observed transient absorption spectra at delay times up to 1.5 ns. The kinetic profiles corresponding with the band maxima due to excited-state absorption have been determined for the three species. Four components of the relaxation process are distinguished for H2P: the unresolvably short B f Qy internal conversion is followed by the Qy f Qx process, vibrational relaxation, and thermalization in the Qx state with time constant 150 fs, 1.8 ps, and 24.9 ps, respectively. Going from H2P to TOxP2+, two processes are resolved, i.e., B f Q internal conversion and thermal equilibration in the Q state. The B f Q time constant has been determined to be 25 ps. The large difference with respect to the B f Qy time constant of H2P has been related to the increased energy gap between the coupled states, 9370 cm-1 in TOxP2+ vs 6100 cm-1 in H2P. The relaxation dynamics of H4P2+ has a first ultrafast component of 300 fs assigned as internal conversion between the B (or Soret) state and charge-transfer (CT) states of the H4P2+ complex with two trifluoroacetate counterions. This process is followed by internal CT f Q conversion (time constant 9 ps) and thermalization in the Q state (time constant 22 ps).
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A.MARCELLI; P.FOGGI; L.MORONI; C. GELLINI; P. SALVI
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