Femtosecond optical control of charge shift within electron donor-acceptor arrays: An approach to molecular switches

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 118, Issue 34, 1996, Pages 8174-8175

  Debreczeny, Martin P ^a   Svec, Walter A ^a   Marsh, Emily M ^b   Wasielewski, Michael R ^a,b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0029841859     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja961804a     Document Type: Article

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