Theoretical studies of vibrationally resolved absorption and emission spectra: From a single chromophore to multichromophoric oligomers/aggregates

Science China Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 297-309

  Gao, Fang ^a,b   Liang, Wan Zhen ^a,b   Zhao, Yi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Multichromophoric oligomers; Single chromophore; Time dependent density functional theory(TD DFT); Vibrationally resolved absorption and photoluminescence spectroscopies

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION AND PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; MULTICHROMOPHORIC OLIGOMERS; TIME DEPENDENT DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; VIBRATIONALLY RESOLVED;

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CHROMOPHORES; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OLIGOMERS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLASMAS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 77950951556     PISSN: 16747291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-010-0075-2     Document Type: Article

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