Different mechanisms of ultrafast excited state deactivation of coumarin 500 in dioxane and methanol solvents: experimental and theoretical study

• DOI: 10.1039/c4ra09773d
• Publication Date: 2014-11-21T18:06:51Z
• Authors: Lin Cong; Hang Yin; Ying Shi; Mingxing Jin; Dajun Ding
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

The effect of hydrogen bonding on the intermolecular photoinduced ICT and TICT processes for coumarin 500 has been demonstrated, and a reliable mechanism has been revealed to explain the unusual behavior of C500 in dioxane and methanol.