Critical evaluation of the application of direct energy transfer in probing the morphology of porous solids

Levitz, P. ; Drake, J. M. ; Klafter, J.

College Park, Md. : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Published 1988
ISSN:
1089-7690
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The decay of an initially excited donor due to the presence of acceptor molecules embedded in porous silica gels has been studied. The time evolution of the decay process has been related to the geometrical restrictions imposed on the participating molecules by the porous structure of the silicas. Fractal and regular geometrical shape models have been confronted with experimental findings. We conclude that for silica gels simple pore geometries, i.e., spheres and cylinders, account well for the relaxation behavior. The decay patterns exhibit temporal crossovers typical of dynamics in restricted geometries.
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Electronic Resource
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