Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol.102, No.18, 3072-3077, 1998
Assignment of the lowest excited states of C-70 and evidence for fluorescence from the S-2 state
Highly structured fluorescence, phosphorescence, and fluorescence-excitation spectra of C-70 in neon matrixes are reported. Fluorescence from both S-1 and S-2 states is observed, and these are identified as being of A(2)' and E-1' symmetry and have gas-phase energies estimated at 15 560 and 15 725 cm(-1), respectively. A third singlet state is identified in the excitation spectrum and is proposed to be of A(2)" symmetry with an estimated gas-phase energy of 16 000 cm(-1). Finally, the phosphorescence is dominated by vibrational bands of e(1)' symmetry pointing to the lowest triplet state of A(2)' symmetry. Its energy lies at 12 588 cm(-1) above that of the ground state in the neon matrix. From a comparison with data from the literature, the existence of a second triplet state of E-1' character is inferred, which lies about 165 cm(-1) above the lowest triplet state, i.e., with the same energy separation as the lowest two singlet states.
Keywords:ELECTRONIC-SPECTRA;TRIPLET-STATES;SINGLET-STATE;C-60;C70;MATRICES;RAMAN;C60;PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;PHOSPHORESCENCE