Symmetrical and asymmetrical (multi)branched truxene compounds: Structure and photophysical properties

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 236-243

  Yuan, Mao Sen ^a,b   Wang, Qi ^a   Wang, Wen Ji ^a   Li, Tian Bao ^a   Wang, Lin ^a   Deng, Wei ^a   Du, Zhen Ting ^a   Wang, Jun Ru ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Charge shift; Photophysical properties; Structure; Synthesis; Thiophene; Truxene

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC MOLECULES; CHARGE-SHIFT; INTRA-MOLECULAR CHARGE TRANSFER; INTRAMOLECULAR EXCITATIONS; LINEAR ABSORPTION; PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SITE TO SITES; SPECTRAL DATA; STRUCTURAL PATTERN; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; TRUXENE; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; TWO-PHOTON EXCITED FLUORESCENCE; X RAY CRYSTAL STRUCTURES;

CHARGE TRANSFER; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THIOPHENE; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES;

FUNCTIONAL GROUPS;

EID: 84861681786     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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