@phdthesis{Hoche2023,
  author    = {Hoche, Joscha},
  title     = {The life of an exciton: From ultrafast nonradiative relaxation to high quantum yield fluorescence},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-31684},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-316844},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {This thesis focuses on understanding and predicting processes in chromophores after electronic state excitation, particularly the impact on luminescence - the spontaneous emission of light. It considers the effect of processes preceding luminescence on emission properties, which are challenging to predict, especially in complex aggregates. For example, excitation energy transfer is a crucial process in understanding luminescence, as it allows the emission to occur from different molecular units than where the absorption occurs. This can lead to significant shifts in emission wavelength and fluorescence quantum yields. The thesis offers solutions to model this process effectively, understanding the impact of excitation energy and exciton coupling disorder on energy transfer rates and linking simulated energy transfer to experimental measurements. The work further explores excimer formation - an undesired luminescence loss channel due to its significant stabilization of the electronic state. Usually, the molecules obey a stacked conformation with parallel orientation to maximize the orbital overlap. This energetic lowering of the excited state can often result in trapping of the dimer in this state due to a deep minimum on the potential energy surface. The excimer formation dynamics, structural rearrangement, and its influence on singlet-correlated triplet pair states formation, critical for the singlet-fission process, have been extensively studied. The thesis also focuses on another luminescence loss channel triggered by conical intersections between the electronic ground and the first excited states. A new model is introduced to overcome limitations in current simulation methods, considering the solvent's electrostatic and frictional effects on the barriers. The model accurately describes merocyanine dyes' solvent-dependent photoluminescence quantum yields and characterizes all relaxation channels in different BODIPY oligomer series.},
  subject      = {Theoretische Chemie},
  language  = {en}
}