Exploring the effects of solvent polarity on the rate of Förster-type electronic energy transfer in a closely-spaced molecular dyad

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 960-967

  Harriman, Anthony ^a   Ziessel, Raymond ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

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EID: 77954197255     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c0pp00062k     Document Type: Article

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