Triplet formation involving a polar transition state in a well-defined intramolecular perylenediimide dimeric aggregate

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 112, Issue 26, 2008, Pages 5846-5857

  Veldman, Dirk ^a   Chopin, Stéphanie M A ^a   Meskers, Stefan C J ^a   Groeneveld, Mkhiel M ^b   Williams, René M ^b   Janssen, René A J ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE QUANTUM YIELD; PERYLENE DIIMIDE; SOLID FILMS; TRANSITION STATE;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 53149091889     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp8022524     Document Type: Article

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