화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol.108, No.44, 9479-9483, 2004
Rotational dynamics of coumarin 153 in supercritical fluoroform
Subpicosecond fluorescence anisotropy decay curves have been measured using the fluorescence up-conversion technique to examine the rotational dynamics of coumarin 153 (C153) in supercritical fluoroform (T = 302 and 310 K). For reduced densities (rho(r) = rho/rho(c)) above 0.9, the rotation times of C153 increase with density. For reduced densities lower than 0.9, the rotation times increase with decreasing density and has a maximum at a density near rho(r) = 0.5. The comparison with the extrapolation of the data in polar aprotic solvents indicates that the local solvent density around the solute exceeds about 4 times the bulk density at a density near rho(r) = 0.5, which is consistent with those obtained from the steady-state electronic spectral shifts.