Fluorescence dynamics of chlorophyll trefoils in the solid state studied by single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 284-289

  Lee, Ji Eun ^a   Yang, Jaesung ^a   Gunderson, Victoria L ^b   Wasielewski, Michael R ^b   Kim, Dongho ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinetics; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHETIC SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC COUPLING; ETHYNYL; FLUORESCENCE DYNAMICS; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIMES; ORTHOGONAL GEOMETRY; PHOTO-STABILITY; PHOTOBLEACHING BEHAVIOR; PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOSYNTHETIC SYSTEMS; SINGLE-MOLECULE; SINGLE-MOLECULE FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; THROUGH-SPACE INTERACTION;

CHROMOPHORES; COUPLINGS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULES; PHOTOBLEACHING; PORPHYRINS;

CHLOROPHYLL;

EID: 77149137766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz900193c     Document Type: Article

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