Generation dependent singlet-singlet annihilation within multichromophoric dendrimers studied by polychromatic transient absorption

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1118-1124

  Jordens, Sven ^a   De Belder, Gino ^a   Lor, Marc ^a   Schweitzer, Gerd ^a   Van Der Auweraer, Markr ^a   Weil, Tanja ^b   Herrmann, Andreas ^b   Wiesler, Uwe M ^b   Müllen, Klaus ^b   De Schryver, Frans C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENDRIMER; IMIDE; PERYLENE; PERYLENEIMIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYPHENYLENE DENDRIMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

EID: 3042702027     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b302501b     Document Type: Article

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