Photophysical study of photoinduced electron transfer in a bis-thiophene substituted peryleneimide

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-68

  Fron, Eduard ^a   Lor, Marc ^a   Pilot, Roberto ^a   Schweitzer, Gerd ^a   Dincalp, Haluk ^a   De Feyter, Steven ^a   Cremer, Jens ^b   Bäuerle, Peter ^b   Müllen, Klaus ^c   Van der Auweraer, Mark ^a   De Schryver, Frans C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; BENZONITRILE; IMIDE; PERYLENE; TETRAHYDROFURAN; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHROMATOPHORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; STEADY STATE; SYNTHESIS; TIME; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 13444267750     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b409346c     Document Type: Article

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