Fluorescence spectroscopy and amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) of phenylimidazoles: predicted vibronic coupling along the excited-state intramolecular proton transfer in 2-(2′-hydroxyphenyl)imidazoles

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 112, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 5555-5565

  Del Valle, Juan Carlos ^a   Claramunt, R M ^b   Catalan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; EXCITED-STATE INTRAMOLECULAR PROTON TRANSFER; HYDROXYPHENYL; LASER DYES; LASER GAIN; LIQUID STATES; PEAK WAVELENGTHS; PHENYL IMIDAZOLE; VIBRONIC COUPLING;

PROTON TRANSFER;

EID: 53349151579     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp7117604     Document Type: Article

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