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Excitation Wavelength Dependence of Dual Fluorescence of DMABN in Polar Solvents

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Steady-state absorption, fluorescence excitation and emission spectra of 4-(N,N-dimethylamino)benzonitrile (DMABN) have been measured at room temperature in cyclohexane, 1,4-dioxane, dichloromethane, and acetonitrile solutions. The fluorescence spectra of DMABN are found to exhibit dual emission in 1,4-dioxane, dichloromethane, and acetonitrile solutions and single emission in cyclohexane solution. The effect of solvent polarity and excitation wavelength on the emission spectra has also been studied. The fluorescence excitation spectra of DMABN monitored at the emission bands are different. The presence of two different conformations of the same molecule in the ground state has lead to two close lying excited states; local excited (LE) and charge transfer (CT), and thereby results in the dual fluorescence of the compound. The experimental studies were supported by ab initio density functional theory (DFT) calculations performed at the B3LYP/6-31Gd level of theory. On the basis of the experimental results and our theoretical calculations, we suggest that there are two conformers of DMABN, which are stable in the ground state, equilibrated in solution at room temperature that give rise dual fluorescence upon excitation.

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Many thanks are due to Prof. Wondemagegn Mammo for providing us access to the fluorescence measurements facilities, and Prof. V.J.T. Raju for valuable discussions.

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Atsbeha, T., Mohammed, A.M. & Redi-Abshiro, M. Excitation Wavelength Dependence of Dual Fluorescence of DMABN in Polar Solvents. J Fluoresc 20, 1241–1248 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10895-010-0675-4

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