Molecular PhysicsPub Date : 2024-06-18DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2024.2368722
Gang Wang, Lina Ding, Liu Yang, Liu Yang, Yonggang Yang, Yufang Liu, Yufang Liu
{"title":"Ultrafast dual-fluorescence dynamics of 2-(2'-hydroxyphenyl) benzimidazole by femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy","authors":"Gang Wang, Lina Ding, Liu Yang, Liu Yang, Yonggang Yang, Yufang Liu, Yufang Liu","doi":"10.1080/00268976.2024.2368722","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2024.2368722","url":null,"abstract":"2-(2'-Hydroxyphenyl) benzimidazole (HBI) and its derivatives are widely used in fluorescent probes, luminescent materials, and other sensing materials. In this study, the time-resolved fluorescence behaviour, and excited-state dynamics of HBI and 2-phenyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazole (BI) were studied using femtosecond transient absorption (fs-TA) spectroscopy. The stimulated emission (SE) and excited-state absorption signals of the BI molecule were located at 355 and 437 nm, respectively. For HBI, these signals were located at 475 and 384 nm, respectively. The SE signals of the BI and HBI molecules in their fs-TA spectra were consistent with the experimental short-wave fluorescence at 340 and 460 nm, respectively, in the steady-state spectra. The long-wave signal of HBI at 475 nm indicates its dual fluorescence, which may be caused by proton transfer or conformational torsion after photoexcitation. The large theoretical energy barrier of 40.97 kcal/mol in first excited (S1) state of HBI excludes the latter hypothesis. Additionally, the small energy barrier (1.88 kcal/mol) in the S1 state confirmed the excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT). This indicates that ESIPT induces dual fluorescence behaviour of the HBI molecule, which was also demonstrated by the infrared spectra, theoretical fluorescence peaks, and molecular orbitals.","PeriodicalId":502799,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Physics","volume":"123 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147888717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Molecular PhysicsPub Date : 2024-05-15DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2024.2346262
E. Chacón, F. Bresme, P. Tarazona
{"title":"Elasticity of bilayer lipid membranes from their density correlation function","authors":"E. Chacón, F. Bresme, P. Tarazona","doi":"10.1080/00268976.2024.2346262","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2024.2346262","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":502799,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Physics","volume":"130 20","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140976910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Molecular PhysicsPub Date : 2024-05-14DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2024.2353333
S. Herbers, P. A. Sustar, S. Kuijpers, C. Sparling, S. Y. T. van de Meerakker
{"title":"Efficient transfer of population between rotational levels in deuterated ammonia using THz transitions","authors":"S. Herbers, P. A. Sustar, S. Kuijpers, C. Sparling, S. Y. T. van de Meerakker","doi":"10.1080/00268976.2024.2353333","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2024.2353333","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":502799,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Physics","volume":"91 27","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140978373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Molecular PhysicsPub Date : 2024-05-13DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2024.2352610
V. M. Trejos, Erick A. Robles-Ruiz, Alexis Torres-Carbajal
{"title":"Thermodynamic and transport properties of triangular-well fluids from molecular dynamics","authors":"V. M. Trejos, Erick A. Robles-Ruiz, Alexis Torres-Carbajal","doi":"10.1080/00268976.2024.2352610","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2024.2352610","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":502799,"journal":{"name":"Molecular Physics","volume":"118 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140985629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}