Abstract
The back proton recombination following the photo-dissociation of 1-naphthol was studied by a time-correlated single-photon counting apparatus. The measured picosecond time-resolved fluorescence decay profiles were analyzed using the numerical solution of the Debye-Smoluchowski equation with coupled reversible and irreversible proton back-recombination reactions at the source. A full kinetic analysis shows that both the reversible geminate recombination reaction, which assumes at long times a t-3/2 dependence, and ihe irreversible geminate quenching reaction, which assumes at long times a t-1/2 dependence, are significant in determining the excited-state kinetics of 1-naphthol.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 504-510 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft/Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics |
| Volume | 102 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - 1 Dec 1998 |
Keywords
- Chemical kinetics
- Diffusion
- Isotope effects
- Proton transfer
- Solutions
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Chemical Engineering