Cryogenic fluorescence spectroscopy of oxazine ions isolated in vacuo

Christina Kjær*, Emil Vogt, Jeppe Langeland, Nanna Falk Christensen, Thomas Toft Lindkvist, Henrik G. Kjaergaard, Steen Brøndsted Nielsen

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Abstract

Recent developments in fluorescence spectroscopy have made it possible to measure both absorption and dispersed fluorescence spectra of isolated molecular ions at liquid-nitrogen temperatures. Absorption is here obtained from fluorescence-excitation experiments and does not rely on ion dissociation. One large advantage of reduced temperature compared to room-temperature spectroscopy is that spectra are narrow, and they provide information on vibronic features that can better be assigned from theoretical simulations. We report on the intrinsic spectroscopic properties of oxazine dyes cooled to about 100 K. They include six cations (crystal violet, darrow red, oxazine-1, oxazine-4, oxazine-170 and nile blue) and one anion (resorufin). Experiments were done with a home-built setup (LUNA2) where ions are stored, mass-selected, cooled, and photoexcited in a cylindrical ion trap. We find that the Stokes shifts are small (14-50 cm−1), which is ascribed to rigid geometries, that is, there are only small geometrical changes between the electronic ground and excited states. However, both the absorption and the emission spectra of darrow-red cations are broader than those of the other ionic dyes, which is likely associated with a less symmetric electronic structure and more non-zero Franck-Condon factors for the vibrational progressions. In the case of resorufin, the smallest ion under study, vibrational features are assigned based on calculated spectra.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftPhysical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Vol/bind25
Nummer47
Sider (fra-til)32715-32722
Antal sider8
ISSN1463-9076
DOI
StatusUdgivet - nov. 2023

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