Can Twisted Internal Charge-Transfer(TICT)State be Formed in Rigid Polymers?
Abstract Absorption, emission and emission anisotropy spectra of 4-cyano-N,N-dimethylaniline (CDMA) and 4-cyano-2,6,N,N-tetramethylaniline (CTMA) were investigated in polyvinyl alcohol) (PVA) films. It was found that the CDMA and CTMA molecules in PVA films at room temperature display phosphorescence, the emission band of which overlaps with the longwave fluorescence band a. The low value of the emission anisotropy shows that in the rigid PVA matrix there are microscopic defects in the form of empty spaces in which a certain fraction of the CDMA or CTMA molecules can attain twisted intramolecular charge-transfer states (TICT) due to rotational relaxation. The emission anisotropies in the shortwave, b, and longwave, a, fluorescence bands of CDMA in propylene glycol were found to be distinctly different, this indicating that the directions of the transition moments are not parallel.