Photophysics of the electronic states S0 and S1 for the coplanar molecular structures of the α,ω‐diphenylpolyenes DPH and DPO

Abstract

AbstractSpectroscopy of the monoclinic and orthorhombic crystalline forms of all‐trans‐diphenylhexatriene (DPH) and all‐trans‐diphenyloctatetraene (DPO) show absorption and emission bands that do not generate the widely known Stokes shift of the polyene compounds, discovered by Hausser et al. in 1953 and repeatedly studied over the last 60 years. It can be concluded from our study that the crystallization system, whether in a monoclinic or orthorhombic system, does not significantly influence the photophysics of DPH and DPO in the crystal phase.