Unidirectional energy transfer in conjugated molecules: The crucial role of high-frequency C ≡ C bonds

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 2699-2704

  Fernandez Alberti, S ^a   Kleiman, Valeria D ^b   Tretiak, S ^c   Roitberg, Adrian E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE QUILMES   (Argentina)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING BLOCKES; CONJUGATED MOLECULES; ELECTRONIC ENERGY TRANSFER; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; LIGHT-HARVESTING; NONADIABATIC MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYPHENYLENE ETHYNYLENE; POPULATION TRANSFER; ULTRA-FAST; VERTICAL EXCITATION; VIBRATIONAL ENERGY TRANSFER;

DENDRIMERS; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITED STATES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; ORGANIC POLYMERS;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 77956818243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz100794z     Document Type: Article

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