Optical excitations in organic dendrimers investigated by time-resolved and nonlinear optical spectroscopy

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 99-107

  Goodson III, T G ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WABASH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENDRIMER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHENYLACETYLENE;

ARTICLE; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CHROMATOPHORE; COVALENT BOND; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITATION; INFRARED RADIATION; LINEAR SYSTEM; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; POLARIMETRY; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRUM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OPTICS; POLYMERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 13844320771     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar020247w     Document Type: Article

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