Importance of dynamics in electron excitation and transfer of organic dyes

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 114, Issue 45, 2010, Pages 19521-19528

  Walkup, Laura L ^a   Weerasinghe, Krishanthi C ^a   Tao, Minli ^b   Zhou, Xueqin ^b   Zhang, Minhua ^b   Liu, Dongzhi ^b   Wang, Lichang ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIS SETS; DYNAMIC EFFECTS; ELECTRON EXCITATIONS; ELECTRON TRANSFER PROCESS; ENHANCED ABSORPTION; EXCITATION WAVELENGTH; LARGE SYSTEM; ORGANIC DYE; OXADIAZOLES; RED SHIFT; SOLVENT EFFECTS; TIME-DEPENDENT DFT; TRIPHENYLAMINE DERIVATIVES;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL BONDS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DICHLOROMETHANE; ELECTRONS; ETHANOL; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

KETONES;

EID: 78650412870     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp107032d     Document Type: Article

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