Singlet fission in carotenoid aggregates: Insights from transient absorption spectroscopy

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8459, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wang, Chen ^a   Angelella, Maria ^a   Kuo, Chun Hung ^b   Tauber, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEWPORT CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Femtosecond excited state dynamics; Multiple exciton generation; Polyene; Singlet fission; Triplet excited states; Ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy; Zeaxanthin

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; EXCITED-STATE DYNAMICS; MULTIPLE EXCITON; POLYENE; SINGLET FISSION; ULTRAFAST TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ZEAXANTHIN;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CHROMOPHORES; EXCITED STATES; EXCITONS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOEXCITATION; PIGMENTS; QUANTUM YIELD; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 84872053733     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.958612     Document Type: Conference Paper

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