Perylene
Perylene or perilene is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C20H12, occurring as a brown solid. It or its derivatives may be carcinogenic, and it is considered to be a hazardous pollutant. In cell membrane cytochemistry, perylene is used as a fluorescent lipid probe. It is the parent compound of a class of rylene dyes.
Emission
Perylene displays blue fluorescence. It is used as a blue-emitting dopant material in OLEDs, either pure or substituted. Perylene can be also used as an organic photoconductor. It has an absorption maximum at 434 nm, and as with all polycyclic aromatic compounds, low water solubility (1.2 x 10−5 mmol/L). Perylene has a molar absorptivity of 38,500 M−1cm−1 at 435.7 nm.
Perylene dissolved in dichloromethane exposed to Long Wave UV radiation
Perylene dissolved in dichloromethane exposed to Long Wave UV radiation
Perylene dissolved in dichloromethane exposed to Short Wave UV radiation
Perylene dissolved in dichloromethane exposed to Short Wave UV radiation
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