Structural changes accompanying excited-state electron transfer in meta- and para-dialkylaminopyridines

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Volumn 209, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 135-146

  Szydłowska, Izabela Franssen ^a   Nowacki, Jacek ^b   Herbich, Jerzy ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c CARDINAL STEFAN WYSZY SKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

DFT and TD DFT calculations; Dialkylaminopyridines; Dual fluorescence; IET; INDO S; TICT states; UV vis spectroscopy and MCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952239225     PISSN: 10106030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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