Energy Transfer Among Fluorescent Molecules Dispersed in Thin Films of Polymer or Protein (Rhodamine B, Sulforhodamine 101, Polyvinyl, Poly (Vinyl Alcohol) Bovine Serum Albumin, Time-Correlated Photon Counting, Lifetimes)

Previous research using pulsed time-resolved fluorescence techniques has shown that because rhodamine B (RHB) has an appreciable overlap of absorption and emission spectra, a system of RHB molecules dispersed in poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVOH) can collect light energy and transfer the energy of the excited state, or exciton, among the RHB molecules and to trap sites. Such a system could be technologically useful if it can improve the effectiveness of proposed photochemical conversion systems by increasing their collection efficiency. This is similar to the coupling of the antenna pigment network of plants with the specialized photosynthetic conversion center.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Chemistry

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Shoop, Chris Edwin

• Chemistry, Analytical

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8600314

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oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/70316