Abstract
The intersystem crossing (ISC) and the triplet states in two representative BODIPY orthogonal dimers were studied with time-resolved electron paramagnetic resonance (TREPR) spectroscopy. The electron spin polarization (ESP) of the triplet state of the dimers, accessed with spin-orbit charge-transfer ISC, is different from that of the monomer (spin-orbit coupling-induced ISC). The TREPR spectra show that the triplet state initially formed by charge recombination is localized on either of two subunits, with different preference and ESP patterns. On the basis of the relative orientation of the respective zero field splitting principal axes, the Tx state on one subunit and the Tz state on another subunit in the dimer are overpopulated. The balance between the two triplet states is confirmed by the temperature dependency of the population ratio. No quintet state was detected with TREPR down to 20 K; thus, the recently proposed singlet fission ISC mechanism is excluded.
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