Dynamic Equilibrium between the Fluorescent State of Tryptophan and Its Cation-Electron Ion Pair Governs Triplet State Population

Rhea Kumar

Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, U.K.

Sufiyan Khan

Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, U.K.

Deborin Ghosh

School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock’s Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, U.K.

Gabriel Karras

Ian P. Clark

Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire, Didcot OX11 0QX, U.K.

Gregory M. Greetham

Central Laser Facility, Research Complex at Harwell, STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire, Didcot OX11 0QX, U.K.

Thomas A. A. Oliver

School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock’s Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, U.K.

Andrew J. Orr-Ewing

School of Chemistry

Helen H. Fielding

Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, U.K.