It has recently been reported that the title compound exhibits an intense, sharp absorption band typical of the J-aggregate when the thickness of evaporated films is increased. We have replicated the J-band using a detector of the integrating sphere, with special attention to the emissive property of the compound. The use of the integrating sphere allowed us to measure the fraction of the emission component as a function of “sample/detector” distance. As a result, the “J-band” is found to be an artifact that arises when the evaporated film is abnormally thick (
i.
e. weak transmission) and when the emission intensity due to the incident light is comparable with that of the transmission. In addition, the “J-band” disappears as the emission component increases. This is obviously ascribed to an experimental error in optical measurements.
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