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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
Volume 6, Issue 17, Pages 3496-3502Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01472
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- Langmuir-Cresap fellowship
- U.S. Department of Energy [DE-AC02-05CH11231]
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Ultrafast structural relaxation of photoexcited 2,2':5',2 '':5 '',2 '''-quaterthiophene (4T) and 3,3-Dihery1-2,2':5',2:5,2-quaterthiophene (DH4T) in solution were interrogated with femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy (FSRS). Relaxation was observed through time-dependent evolution in frequencies and intensity ratios of out-ofphase (Z) and in-phase (51) intraring C=C stretching features. Frequency shifts occurred on time scales of 0.4 and 0.86 ps, respectively, dominated by a blue shift in the Z mode (6.2 and 11.5 cm(-)1 shifts for 4T and DH4T, respectively). Intensity ratios evolved on similar time scales due to correlated intensity decreases and increases of Z- and 51-mode features. Excitedstate quantum-chemical calculations with bithiophene demonstrate that mode frequencies are coupled to the torsional dihedral, such that the spectral evolution observed reflects excited-state relaxation toward a planar conformation. This work demonstrates the power of ultrafast Raman spectroscopy for probing dynamics in photoexcited conjugated materials with structural detail given the parametric dependence of intraring vibrational modes on interring torsional dihedrals.
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