Triplet-Exciton Generation Mechanism in a New Soluble (Red-Phase) Polydiacetylene

Abstract
The time scale of covalent state relaxation and singlet fission into triplet pairs is determined in a solution of isolated polydiacetylene chains showing a remarkably sharp excitonic transition by applying the transient transmission difference spectroscopy technique with sub-10 fs optical pulses. Photoexcitation into the band of ionic states is followed by a branching within the first 100 fs which populates the band of covalent states. The latter start to dissociate into triplet excitations, completing the process in about 300 fs.