Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol.106, No.31, 7106-7112, 2002
Resonant and phonon-assisted excitation energy transfer within the R-1 lines of [Cr(OX)(3)](3-) in a system with two crystallographically non-equivalent lattice sites
The [Ru(bpy)(3)][LiCr(ox)(3)] system (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine, ox = oxalate) has two crystallographically non-equivalent [Cr(ox)(3)](3-) sites. In steady-state resonant and nonresonant fluorescence line narrowing (FLN) experiments on the R-1 lines of the two non-equivalent [Cr(ox)(3)](3-) chromophores, multiline spectra are observed at 1.6 K. Such multiline spectra are clear evidence for resonant energy transfer processes within the inhomogeneously broadened R-1 lines. In addition, time-resolved experiments show that also site-to-site energy transfer occurs, which turns out to be resonant, too, however with a non-negligible phonon-assisted contribution even at 1.5 K.