Abstract
The relative magnetic field effects on the total triplet—triplet annihilation (TTA) rate constant, on the rate constant for production of a singlet monomer and on the rate constant for production of a singlet excimer have been measured in a magnetic field range from 0 to 6000 gauss for the hydrocarbons pyrene, 3,4-benzopyrene, 1,2-benzanthracene and phenanthrene in solvents of different polarity between room temperature and 120 K. A qualitative discussion of the experimental results yields the following information on the mechanism of TTA: (i) The ratio of singlet to triplet products decreases with decreasing temperature or increasing viscosity of the solvent. (ii) The magnetic field effect depends much more on viscosity than on temperature. (iii) Singlet monomers and excimers are predominantly formed from different initial triplet—triplet pair configurations. (iv) Ionic radical pair states do not seem to play an important role in the TTA mechanism between equal molecules.
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