Efficient utilization of higher-lying excited states to trigger charge-transfer events

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 31, 2010, Pages 9638-9645

  Bouit, Pierre Antoine ^a   Spänig, Fabian ^c   Kuzmanich, Gregory ^d   Krokos, Evangelos ^c   Oelsner, Christian ^c   Garcia Garibay, Miguel A ^d   Delgado, Juan Luis ^a,b   Martín, Nazario ^a,b   Guldi, Dirk M ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MADRILEÑO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN NANOCIENCIA IMDEA NANOCIENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge transfer; Cyanines; Dyes pigments excited states; Fullerenes

Indexed keywords

CYANINES; DYES/PIGMENTS EXCITED STATES; ELECTROACTIVE SPECIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON DONORS; ELECTRONIC COUPLING; INFRARED SPECTRUM; INTERNAL CONVERSIONS; LIGHT-HARVESTING; SINGLET EXCITED STATE; TIME-RESOLVED; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS;

CHARGE TRANSFER; FULLERENES; ION EXCHANGE; MASS TRANSFER; PHOTOEXCITATION; SLOW LIGHT; SPECTROSCOPY;

EXCITED STATES;

EID: 77955806628     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201001613     Document Type: Article

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