Photostability of pentacene and 6,13-disubstituted pentacene derivatives: A theoretical and experimental mechanistic study

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1463-1468

  Northrop, Brian H ^a,c   Houk, K N ^c   Maliakal, Ashok ^a,b  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b LGS Innovations   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6,13 BIS(TRIISOPROPYLSILYLETHYNYL)PENTACENE; PENTACENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 56849126758     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b813752h     Document Type: Article

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