Electronic structures and properties of twisted polyacenes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4162-4163

  Norton, Joseph E ^a   Houk, K N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENYL GROUP; POLYACENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHOTOOXIDATION; POLYMERIZATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 16244399794     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja042379l     Document Type: Article

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