Bioheterojunction effect on fluorescence origin and efficiency improvement of firefly chromophores

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 2781-2787

  Cai, Duanjun ^a   Marques, Miguel A L ^a,b   Milne, Bruce F ^a   Nogueira, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLUMINESCENCE; CHEMICAL BONDS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONEGATIVITY; EXCITED STATES; FLUORESCENCE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES;

EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; EMISSION PROCESS; FLUORESCENCE EFFICIENCY; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; HOMO AND LUMO; HOMO-LUMO GAPS; NITROGEN ATOM; TIME DEPENDENT DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

CHROMOPHORES;

EID: 77957910759     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz1009532     Document Type: Article

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