On the origin of ultrafast nonradiative transitions in nitro-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Excited-state dynamics in 1-nitronaphthalene

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 131, Issue 22, 2009, Pages

  Reichardt, Christian ^a   Vogt, R Aaron ^a   Crespo Hernández, Carlos E ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APROTIC; AVERAGE LIFETIME; CONFORMATIONAL RELAXATION; DECAY CHANNELS; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL LEVEL; DISSOCIATIVE CHANNELS; ELECTRONIC ENERGIES; ELECTRONIC RELAXATION; EXCITED-STATE DYNAMICS; EXPLICIT SOLVENTS; FEMTOSECONDS; FRANCK-CONDON; INTERNAL CONVERSIONS; INTERSYSTEM CROSSING; KINETIC MODELS; NITROPOLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; NON-POLAR; NON-RADIATIVE; NON-RADIATIVE TRANSITIONS; NONRADIATIVE DECAY CHANNELS; OSCILLATOR STRENGTHS; PRIMARY ALCOHOLS; PROTIC SOLVENTS; SATURATED SOLUTIONS; SINGLET STATE; SOLVATION DYNAMICS; TIME WINDOWS; ULTRA-FAST; VIBRATIONAL COOLING; VIBRATIONALLY EXCITED;

COOLING; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DISSOCIATION; EXCITED STATES; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RELAXATION OSCILLATORS; SOLVENTS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 72449163497     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3272536     Document Type: Article

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