Accession Number:

AD0672830

Title:

FLUORESCENCE LIFETIMES OF AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS UNDER PRESSURE.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

CALIFORNIA UNIV SANTA BARBARA

Personal Author(s):

• Offen,Henry W.
• Phillips,David T.

Report Date:

1968-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

13.0

Abstract:

The fluorescence lifetimes of twelve aromatic hydrocarbons embedded in polymethylmethacrylate were measured as a function of pressure to 30 kbar. The lifetime is shortened 15-40 in the 0-30 kbar interval for this class of compounds. The observed magnitude and sign of the pressure dependence of the lifetimes are in agreement with rough estimates derived from the compressibility and refractive index of the polymer matrix. The conclusion is reached that radiative and nonradiative transition rates are similarly within a factor of two affected by external pressures. Author

Descriptors:

• (*AROMATIC COMPOUNDS
• *FLUORESCENCE)
• (*POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
• FLUORESCENCE)
• PRESSURE
• EXCITATION
• RELAXATION TIME
• ELECTRON TRANSITIONS
• SOLID SOLUTIONS
• ACRYLIC RESINS
• NAPHTHALENES
• PHENANTHRENES

Subject Categories:

• Radiation and Nuclear Chemistry

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE