Liquid crystalline metal-free phthalocyanines designed for charge and exciton transport

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 109, Issue 43, 2005, Pages 20315-20323

  Tant, Julien ^a   Geerts, Yves Henri ^a   Lehmann, Matthias ^a   De Cupere, Vinciane ^a   Zucchi, Gael ^a   Laursen, Bo Wegge ^b   Bjørnholm, Thomas ^b   Lemaur, Vincent ^c   Marcq, Valérie ^c   Burquel, Anick ^c   Hennebicq, Emmanuelle ^c   Gardebien, Fabrice ^c   Viville, Pascal ^c   Beljonne, David ^c   Lazzaroni, Roberto ^c   Cornil, Jérôme ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITONS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; QUANTUM THEORY; THERMAL EFFECTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

EXCITON TRANSPORT; PHTHALOCYANINES; QUANTUM CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS; REORGANIZATION ENERGY;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 27744512908     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp054778o     Document Type: Article

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