Experimental study of triplet exciton diffusion in diphenyl and benzophenone crystals

Abstract

Biphenyl crystals to which have been added to 10 −2 mole/mole of benzophenone and a various concentration of naphthalene, excited by radiation absorbed only by benzophenone molecules give naphthalene phosphorescence. This emission is interpreted as a consequence of energy migration from benzophenone molecules to the naphthalene molecules through the triplet exciton band of biphenyl. From the study, at 120 K, of the intensity of the naphthalene phosphorescence dependence on concentrations, a coefficient of diffusion of triplet excitons of biphenyl is measured ( D ≈ 10 −6 cm 2 s −1). Analogous kinetics applied to binary mixed crystals, naphthalene-benzophenone, give a coefficient of diffusion of triplet excitions for benzophenone ( D ≈ 10 −7 cm 2 s −1).