Theoretical investigation on proton-induced intramolecular charge transfer of a D-π-A dye for a pH molecular switch

Computational and Theoretical Chemistry

Volumn 978, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 29-32

  Liu, Xiaojun ^a   Wang, Ning ^a   Lv, Lofeng ^a   Cai, Lizi ^a  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Intramolecular charge transfer; PCM; PH molecular switch; Protonation; TDDFT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84555163604     PISSN: 2210271X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2011.09.031     Document Type: Article

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