TY - JOUR A1 - Sung, Jooyoung A1 - Kim, Pyosang A1 - Fimmel, Benjamin A1 - Würthner, Frank A1 - Kim, Dongho T1 - Direct observation of ultrafast coherent exciton dynamics in helical π-stacks of self-assembled perylene bisimides JF - Nature Communications N2 - Ever since the discovery of dye self-assemblies in nature, there have been tremendous efforts to exploit biomimetic supramolecular assemblies for tailored artificial photon processing materials. This feature necessarily has resulted in an increasing demand for understanding exciton dynamics in the dye self-assemblies. In a sharp contrast with pi-type aggregates, however, the detailed observation of exciton dynamics in H-type aggregates has remained challenging. In this study, as we succeed in measuring transient fluorescence from Frenkel state of π-stacked perylene tetracarboxylic acid bisimide dimer and oligomer aggregates, we present an experimental demonstration on Frenkel exciton dynamics of archetypal columnar π-π stacks of dyes. The analysis of the vibronic peak ratio of the transient fluorescence spectra reveals that unlike the simple π-stacked dimer, the photoexcitation energy in the columnar π-stacked oligomer aggregates is initially delocalized over at least three molecular units and moves coherently along the chain in tens of femtoseconds, preceding excimer formation process. KW - systems KW - molecules KW - J-aggregate behavior KW - absorption KW - spectroscopy KW - photoluminescence KW - diffusion KW - fluorescence KW - excimer formation KW - organic semiconductors Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-148157 VL - 6 IS - 8646 ER - TY - THES A1 - Fimmel, Benjamin T1 - Perylene Bisimide Foldamers: Synthesis and In-Depth Studies of the Ground- and Excited States Properties T1 - Perylenbisimid-Foldmere: Synthese und eingehende Untersuchungen zu den Eigenschaften der Grund- und angeregten Zustände N2 - In this thesis the syntheses and detailed investigations on two foldable PBI systems were presented. The reversible, solvent-dependet folding/unfolding-behavior was used to study the ground and excited states properties of folda-dimer and folda-trimer by means of different spectroscopic methods as well as theoretical studies. The switching between charge transfer or excimer formation pathways of photoexcited molecules influenced by the spatial arrangement of chromophores within defined dye systems illustrates the impact of conformational preferences on functional properties. N2 - In dieser Arbeit wurden die synthetischen Anstrengungen sowie die profunden Untersuchungen zu zwei faltbaren PBI-Systemen mit definierter Struktur gezeigt. Das reversible Faltungsvermögen des Folda-Dimers und Folda-Trimers wurde hinsichtlich seiner Eigenschaften im Grundzustand sowie im angeregten Zustand mithilfe unterschiedlicher optischer Methoden sowie theoretischer Ansätze eingehend charakterisiert. Das durch die Konstellation der PBI-Chromophore zueinander bedingte Umschalten zwischen Ladungstransfer und Excimerbildung illustriert die große Bedeutung konformativer Präferenzen für die funktionellen Eigenschaften. KW - Perylenbisdicarboximide KW - Fluoreszenz KW - Elektronentransfer KW - Farbstoff KW - NMR-Spektroskopie KW - Moleküldynamik KW - Perylenbisimid Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-125173 ER -