TY - JOUR A1 - Süß, Jasmin A1 - Wehner, Johannes G. A1 - Dostál, Jakub A1 - Engel, Volker A1 - Brixner, Tobias T1 - Mapping of exciton-exciton annihilation in a molecular dimer via fifth-order femtosecond two-dimensional spectroscopy JF - Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters N2 - We present a theoretical study on exciton–exciton annihilation (EEA) in a molecular dimer. This process is monitored using a fifth-order coherent two-dimensional (2D) spectroscopy as was recently proposed by Dostál et al. [Nat. Commun. 9, 2466 (2018)]. Using an electronic three-level system for each monomer, we analyze the different paths which contribute to the 2D spectrum. The spectrum is determined by two entangled relaxation processes, namely, the EEA and the direct relaxation of higher lying excited states. It is shown that the change of the spectrum as a function of a pulse delay can be linked directly to the presence of the EEA process. KW - exciton-exciton KW - Exziton KW - Spektroskopie KW - EEA KW - 2Dimensionale Spektroskopie KW - exciton Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-178420 UR - https://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/1.5086151 N1 - This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. This article appeared in J. Süß et al., J. Chem. Phys. 150, 104304 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5086151 and may be found at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5086151. VL - 150 IS - 10 ER - TY - INPR A1 - Süß, Jasmin A1 - Wehner, Johannes G. A1 - Dostál, Jakub A1 - Engel, Volker A1 - Brixner, Tobias T1 - Mapping of exciton-exciton annihilation in a molecular dimer via fifth-order femtosecond two-dimensional spectroscopy T2 - Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters N2 - We present a theoretical study on exciton–exciton annihilation (EEA) in a molecular dimer. This process is monitored using a fifth-order coherent two-dimensional (2D) spectroscopy as was recently proposed by Dostál et al. [Nat. Commun. 9, 2466 (2018)]. Using an electronic three-level system for each monomer, we analyze the different paths which contribute to the 2D spectrum. The spectrum is determined by two entangled relaxation processes, namely, the EEA and the direct relaxation of higher lying excited states. It is shown that the change of the spectrum as a function of a pulse delay can be linked directly to the presence of the EEA process. KW - Exziton KW - Spektroskopie KW - Exciton KW - 2Dimensionale Spektroskopie KW - EEA KW - exciton-exciton Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-178482 UR - https://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/1.5086151 N1 - This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. This article appeared in J. Süß et al.,J. Chem. Phys. 150, 104304 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5086151 and may be found at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5086151 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schmidt, David A1 - Stolte, Matthias A1 - Süß, Jasmin A1 - Liess, Dr. Andreas A1 - Stepanenko, Vladimir A1 - Würthner, Frank T1 - Protein-like enwrapped perylene bisimide chromophore as bright microcrystalline emitter material JF - Angewandte Chemie International Edition N2 - Strongly emissive solid‐state materials are mandatory components for many emerging optoelectronic technologies, but fluorescence is often quenched in the solid state owing to strong intermolecular interactions. The design of new organic pigments, which retain their optical properties despite their high tendency to crystallize, could overcome such limitations. Herein, we show a new material with monomer‐like absorption and emission profiles as well as fluorescence quantum yields over 90 % in its crystalline solid state. The material was synthesized by attaching two bulky tris(4‐tert‐butylphenyl)phenoxy substituents at the perylene bisimide bay positions. These substituents direct a packing arrangement with full enwrapping of the chromophore and unidirectional chromophore alignment within the crystal lattice to afford optical properties that resemble those of their natural pigment counterparts, in which chromophores are rigidly embedded in protein environments. KW - cristal engeneering KW - dyes KW - flourescence quantum yield KW - perylene bisimides KW - solid-state emitters Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-204809 VL - 58 IS - 38 ER - TY - THES A1 - Süß, Jasmin T1 - Theoretische Untersuchungen an molekularen Aggregaten: 2D-Spektroskopie und Exzitonendynamik T1 - Theoretical studies on molecular aggregates: 2D spectroscopy and exciton dynamics N2 - Diese Dissertation beschäftigt sich mit der Exzitonendynamik molekularer Aggregate, die nach Mehrphotonen-Anregung auf ultrakurzer Zeitskala stattfindet. Hierbei liegt der Fokus auf der Charakterisierung der Exziton-Exziton-Annihilierung (EEA) mithilfe von zweidimensionaler optischer Spektroskopie fünfter Ordnung. Dazu werden zwei verschiedene Modellsysteme implementiert: Das elektronische Homodimer und das elektronische Homotrimer-Modell, wobei Letzteres eine Erweiterung des Dimer-Modells darstellt. Die Kopplung des quantenmechanischen Systems an die Umgebung wird mithilfe des Quantum-Jump-Ansatzes umgesetzt. Besonderes Interesse kommt der Analyse des Signals fünfter Ordnung in Abhängigkeit der Populationszeit T zu. Anhand des Dimer-Modells als kleinstmögliches Aggregat lassen sich bereits gute Vorhersagen auch über das Verhalten größerer molekularer Aggregate treffen. Der Zerfall des oszillierenden Signals für lange Populationszeiten korreliert mit der EEA. Dies zeigt, dass die zweidimensionale optische Spektroskopie genutzt werden kann, um den Annihilierungsprozess zu charakterisieren. Innerhalb des Modells des Dimers wird weiterhin der Einfluss der Intraband-Relaxation untersucht. Zunehmende Intraband-Relaxation verhindert den Austausch zwischen den lokalen Zuständen, der essentiell für den Annihilierungsprozess ist, und die EEA wird blockiert. Das elektronische Trimer-Modell erweitert das Dimer-Modell um eine Monomereinheit. Somit befinden sich die Exzitonen im Anschluss an die Anregung nicht mehr unvermeidlich nebeneinander. Es gibt somit eine Konfiguration, bei der sich die Exzitonen zunächst zueinander bewegen müssen, bevor die Startbedingung des Annihilierungsprozesses gegeben ist. Dieser zusätzliche Schritt wird auch Exzitonendiffusion genannt. Die Ergebnisse dieser Arbeit legen nahe, dass das erwartete Verhalten nur zu sehr kurzen Zeiten im Femtosekundenbereich auftritt und somit die Zeitskala der Exzitonendiffusion im Falle des Trimers nicht sichtbar wird. Es bedarf demnach eines größeren Modellsystems, bei dem sich der Effekt der zeitverzögert eintretenden EEA deutlich in der Zerfallsdynamik manifestieren kann. N2 - This work addresses the exciton dynamics of molecular aggregates which occur after femtosecond multi-photon laser excitation. Thereby, the focus is on the characterization of exciton-exciton annihilation (EEA) via fifth order two dimensional optical spectroscopy. Two model systems are employed: the electronic homodimer model and the electronic homotrimer model, where the latter one is an extension of the dimer system. The systems are coupled to the surrounding. In the numerical calculation, the system-bath interaction is realized via the quantum jump approach. Particular attention is payed to energy-integrated spectra as a function of the population time T. The dimer is the smallest molecular aggregate, but it is a good reference system if larger aggregates are supposed to be understood. The decay of the oscillating fifth-order signal corresponds to the EEA. This indicates that two dimensional optical spectroscopy can be used to monitor the annihilation process. Furthermore, the effect of intraband relaxation is studied within the dimer model. The results display that increasing the intraband relaxation inhibits the population transfer between the localized states of the system. This blocks the EEA. In extending the dimer model system by one monomer unit, one obtains the electronic trimer model system. Within this model, the situation after excitation differs from the one in the dimer model. The excitons do not exclusively reside next to each other so that EEA is immediately possible. In that case, the excitons have to diffuse to each other before they eventually meet and the annihilation process starts. The results suggest that the expected properties are merely correct at very short times around a few femtoseconds. Within the trimer model, the additional time scale for the exciton diffusion doesn't show in the results. In particular, it requires a larger model system for the effect of the delayed EEA to be seen in the regarded signal. KW - Molekulardynamik KW - Quantenmechanik KW - Spektroskopie KW - Exziton KW - Exziton-Exziton-Annihilierung KW - Quantum-Jump-Ansatz KW - Wellenpaketdynamik Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-247136 ER -