Dynamics of Hot Exciton Relaxation in Conjugated Polymer Chain

Abstract

Hot excitons are formed after photoexcitation of conjugated polymer chains. Hot excitons relax and convert into cold excitons with the aid of vibrational modes. In this study, the dynamics of such conversion is studied within the strong coupling regime. It has been found that the magnitudes of electronic coupling integrals for hot exciton relaxation are mostly due to exchange interactions between the interacting units. During relaxation, hot excitons oscillate back and forth between two different sites until they lose their extra energy. The time step for each oscillation has been found as small as 0.3 fs. It has also been found that photoexcited states in conjugated polymer chains do not necessarily localize at their initial location formed. Monte-Carlo simulations show that hot excitons can sustain their coherent motion along the conjugated backbone to some extent before total relaxation.

Keywords

• Conjugated Polymer
• Dynamics
• Energy Transfer
• Exciton
• Exchange Coupling

Supporting Institution

The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey

Project Number

120Z662

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