Intramolecular singlet–singlet energy transfer in antenna-substituted azoalkanes

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 305-310

  Pischel, Uwe ^a   Huang, Fang ^b   Nau, Werner M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; SILOXANE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHROMATOPHORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; SYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 3042682386     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b311416c     Document Type: Article

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