Luminescence Nanothermometry by Single Organic Molecules: Manifestation of Electron-Phonon Interaction

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Luminescent thermometry is a rapidly growing scientific method based on the dependence of the luminescent and spectral characteristics of nano-sized emitters on temperature. The accuracy of this method depends significantly on the theoretical models used to describe the temperature behavior of the spectra. In this paper, we provide a brief overview of our recent results related to new approaches to interpreting the temperature broadening of the spectral lines of single organic molecules in a polymer matrix as a result of electron-phonon interaction. We believe that the approach under consideration can be successfully applied to a variety of promising emitters used in luminescent thermometry.

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A. O. Savostianov

Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Troitsk Branch

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Email: journal@electronics.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8815-8440

Graduate student

Russian Federation, Moscow, Troitsk 108840

I. Yu. Eremchev

Institute of spectroscopy RAS; Moscow Pedagogical State University (MPGU)

Email: journal@electronics.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2239-5176
Russian Federation, Troitsk, Moscow; Moscow

A. V. Naumov

Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Troitsk Branch; Moscow Pedagogical State University (MPGU)

Email: journal@electronics.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7938-9802
Russian Federation, Moscow, Troitsk 108840; Moscow

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2. Fig. 1. Fluorescence excitation spectra of a single TBT molecule in a PIB matrix at different temperatures.

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3. Fig. 2. Experimentally measured values of γph(T) (circles), as well as a theoretical description using the system of Eqs. 2 (red solid curve). Inset: function ГPIB (ω) (blue line and shad- ing), Г0(ω) (orange line and shading).

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