Issue 5, 1995

Femtosecond to nanosecond solvation dynamics in pure water and inside the γ-cyclodextrin cavity

Abstract

The dynamics of solvation of an excited chromophore in pure water and in a restricted space with a limited number of water molecules have been studied. The time-dependent Stokes shift of Coumarin 480 (C480) and Coumarin 460 (C460) were measured using femtosecond fluorescence upconversion and time-correlated single-photon-counting techniques. The system with a limited number of water molecules was an inclusion complex of Coumarin dyes with γ-cyclodextrin (γCD). The results of molecular dynamics simulations are compared with the observed solvent response in pure water and in the γCD cavity. The observed relaxation times range from <100 fs to 1.2 ns. Solvation of C480 in pure water is observed to occur with time constants of <50 and 310 fs. In sharp contrast with the solvation response in pure water, in the case of the C480/γCD inclusion complex, additional long solvation time constants of 13, 109 and 1200 ps are observed. The stoichiometry, structure and dynamics of the Coumarin/γCD complexes are also discussed.

Article information

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J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans., 1995,91, 867-873

Femtosecond to nanosecond solvation dynamics in pure water and inside the γ-cyclodextrin cavity

Š. Vajda, R. Jimenez, S. J. Rosenthal, V. Fidler, G. R. Fleming and E. W. Castner, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans., 1995, 91, 867 DOI: 10.1039/FT9959100867

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