Reversible intramolecular electron transfer at the single-molecule level

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 42, Issue 35, 2003, Pages 4209-4214

  Gronheid, Roel ^a   Stefan, Alina ^a   Cotlet, Mircea ^a   Hofkens, Johan ^a   Qu, Jianqiag ^b   Müllen, Klaus ^b   Der Auweraer, Mark Van ^a   Verhoeven, Jan W ^a   De Schryver, Frans C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dendrimers; Donor acceptor systems; Electron transfer; Fluorescence; Single molecule studies

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; DENDRIMERS;

ELECTRON TRANSFER;

CHARGE TRANSFER;

DENDRIMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0141633643     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200351430     Document Type: Article

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