Exciton annihilation in J-aggregates probed by femtosecond fluorescence upconversion

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 104, Issue 39, 2000, Pages 8847-8854

  Moll, Johannes ^a,d   Harrison, William J ^c   Brumbaugh, Donald V ^a,c   Muenter, Annabel A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

^c Center for Photoinduced Charge Transfer   (United States)

^d Corning Incorporated ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; COLLOIDS; DECOMPOSITION; DYES; GROUND STATE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; REACTION KINETICS; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

EXCITED EXCITONIC STATES; EXCITON ANNIHILATION; FEMTOSECOND FLUORESCENCE UPCONVERSION; INTRABAND RELAXATION; J-AGGREGATES; SINGLET-SINGLET ANNIHILATION DECAY;

EXCITONS;

EID: 0034300076     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp993154d     Document Type: Article

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