Solvated first-principles excited-state charge-transfer dynamics with time-dependent polarizable continuum model and solvent dielectric relaxation

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 2898-2904

  Nguyen, Phu D ^a   Ding, Feizhi ^a   Fischer, Sean A ^a   Liang, Wenkel ^a   Li, Xiaosong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE-TRANSFER DYNAMICS; ELECTRONIC DENSITY; ELECTRONIC DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; OPTICALLY ACTIVE; POLARIZABLE CONTINUUM MODEL; REACTION FIELDS; SOLUTE MOLECULES; SOLVENT RELAXATION; TIME-DEPENDENT;

CHARGE TRANSFER; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DIELECTRIC RELAXATION; DYNAMICS;

SOLVENTS;

EID: 84867182682     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz301042f     Document Type: Article

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