The effects of photochemical and mechanical damage on the excited state dynamics of charge-transfer molecular crystals composed of tetracyanobenzene and aromatic donor molecules

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1627-1633

  Dillon, Robert J ^a   Bardeen, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC DONORS; BARIUM SULFATE; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON DONORS; ELECTRON TRANSFER DYNAMICS; EXCITED-STATE DECAY; EXCITED-STATE DYNAMICS; FLUORESCENCE DECAYS; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIMES; LASER FLUENCES; MECHANICAL DAMAGES; MICRO-PARTICLES; MULTI-EXPONENTIAL DECAY; PICOSECONDS; SAMPLE MORPHOLOGY; TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE; TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS;

ABSORPTION; BARIUM; CHARGE TRANSFER; DECAY (ORGANIC); DYNAMICS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; EXCITED STATES; FLUORESCENCE; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR CRYSTALS; NAPHTHALENE; PHOTOBLEACHING; POWDERS; QUANTUM YIELD; REFLECTION;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 79952269127     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp110912d     Document Type: Article

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