The structure of the mixed J-aggregates consisting of two kinds of cyanine dyes is classified into four types, separate aggregate (S-type), mosaic aggregate (M-type), persistence-type aggregate (HP-type), amalgamation-type aggregate (HA-type), each of which is characterized by the intrinsic spectroscopic properties. We have taken up several cyanine dyes capable of forming the J-aggregate in the monolayer assemblies (LB films), quinocyanine dyes (dye I, S120), thiacarbocyanine dyes (dye II, dye III), oxacyanine (S9), thiacyanine (S11), and tried to fabricate the mixed J-aggregate in the LB films incorporating two kinds of cyanine dyes, dye I: dye II, dye II: dye III, S9: S11, S120: dye I. Two J-bands and two peaks of resonance fluorescence inherent to the dye I aggregate and the dye II aggregate, as well as the Perrin-type kinetics of quenching and sensitization of resonance fluorescence in the dye I: dye II LB films indicate that the dye I-dye II combination forms the S-type aggregate. Although two J-bands are observed, some blue shift of the J-band and the similar molecular structures of the S9-S11 combination and the S120-dye I combination may suggest that those dyes form the M-type aggregates in the LB films. A single J-band and a single peak of resonance fluorescence are evident in the dye II: dye III LB films, whose peak positions gradually shift according as the molar mixing ratio of two dyes. It is suggested that the dye II-dye III combination could form the HA-type aggregate in the LB films. These features are interpreted in terms of “steric requirement” representing the structure similarity and “electronic requirement” expressed by a parameter θ
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