Organometallic Luminescence

1. Introduction to the Properties of Alq₃
   
   1.1. Optical Properties of Organic Molecules
   
   1.2. Organic Molecules and Optoelectronics Applications
   
   1.3. Chemical and Physical Properties of the Alq₃ Molecule
   
   1.4. Preliminary Experiments on Random Alq₃ Films
   
   1.5. Optical Properties on Planned Alq₃ Thin Films
2. Experimental Methods in Alq₃ Thin Films Research
   
   2.1. Samples Preparation, Characterization and Storage
   
   2.2. Mechanical and Optical Properties
   
   2.3. Transmission and Absorption Spectra
   
   2.4. Emission Spectra
3. Optical Absorption of Alq₃ Thin Films
   
   3.1. Absorption Spectra and Annealin
   
   3.2. Absorption Spectra and Time Evolution
4. Experimental Emission of Alq₃ Thin Films
   
   4.1. Emission Spectra During Annealing
   
   4.2. Emission Spectra During Decay
   
   4.3. More on Emission Spectra During Decay
   
   4.4. Emission versus Absorption and Summing Up
5. Emission Phenomenology up to 10,000 Hours
   
   5.1. Emission Decay Behavior up to 10,000 Hours
   
   5.2. Four Components Model and Emission Intensity up to 10,000 Hours
   
   5.3. Four Components Model and Emission Bands
   
   5.4. Four Emission Bands
   
   5.5. Peak Wavelength and Linewidth of the Emission Bands
6. New Morphology and Phase Transition
   
   6.1. Emission Band During Annealing
   
   6.2. Thermally Activated Process and Phase Transition
   
   6.3. Four Components Model and Emission Band Lineshape
   
   6.4. Four Components Model and Emission Band Intensity
   
   6.5. Four Components Model and Structure of Films
7. Emission Spectra up to 50,000 Hours
   
   7.1. Emission Spectra and Time Evolution up to 50,000 Hours
   
   7.2. Four Components Model and Emission Intensity up to 50,000 Hours
   
   7.3. Singular Behavior of Sample alq64-1
8. Emission up to 50,000 HHHours and Stretching
   
   8.1. Emission Intensity and Stretched Exponentials
   
   8.2. Stretching and Sample alq64-1
   
   8.3. Photoluminescence Data and Their Experimental Consistency
   
   8.4. Experimental Data and Four Components Model Theory
9. Zero and First Order Kinetics
   
   9.1. Kinetic Approach and Preliminary Analysis
   
   9.2. Experimental and Kinetic Approach
   
   9.3. Analysis of the Kinetic Approach
   
   9.4. Effects of the 0th Order Constant on Photoluminescence
10. Discussion
    
    10.1. Preliminary Optical Studies
    
    10.2. Photoluminescence and Four Components Model
    
    10.3. Surface Molecules of Component 1
    
    10.4. Stretched Four Components Model, 0th & 1st Order Kinetics, and Free Radicals
    
    10.5. Number of Alq₃ Molecules and Free Radicals
    
    10.6. 0th & 1st Order Kinetics at a Glance and Annealing
    
    10.7. Usefulness, Limitations and Shortcomings of Absorption Measurements
    
    10.8. Comparison with Literature
11. Conclusions

Appendix A: Simulation and Statistical Parameters

Appendix B: Cartesian Representations and One and Two Exponential Functions

Appendix C: A New Absorption Analysis