Theory of ultrafast photoinduced heterogeneous electron transfer

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 765-781

  Wang, Luxia ^a   Willig, Frank ^b   May, Volkhard ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laser pulse control; Molecular Green's function; Perylene on TiO2; Steady state linear absorption; Two photon photon emission spectrum; Ultrafast heterogeneous electron transfer

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; TITANIUM OXIDES; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

LASER PULSE CONTROL; MOLECULAR GREEN'S FUNCTION; STEADY STATE LINEAR ABSORPTION; TWO-PHOTON PHOTON EMISSION SPECTRUM; ULTRAFAST HETEROGENEOUS ELECTRON TRANSFER;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 33750146982     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927020600883285     Document Type: Article

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