Interrogating the intramolecular charge-transfer state of a julolidine-anthracene donor-acceptor molecule with femtosecond stimulated raman spectroscopy

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 215-218

  Lockard, Jenny V ^a   Ricks, Annie Butler ^a   Co, Dick T ^a   Wasielewski, Michael R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinetics; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

DONOR-ACCEPTOR MOLECULES; FEMTOSECOND-STIMULATED RAMAN; INTRAMOLECULAR CHARGE TRANSFERS; RADICAL ION PAIRS; RAMAN MODES; RAMAN SPECTRA; SUBPICOSECOND; TIME RESOLUTION;

ANTHRACENE; MOLECULES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

RAMAN SCATTERING;

EID: 77149145911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz900136a     Document Type: Article

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