Solvated charge transfer states of functionalized anthracene and tetracyanoethylene dimers: A computational study based on a range separated hybrid functional and charge constrained self-consistent field with switching Gaussian polarized continuum models

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1125-1131

  Zheng, Shaohui ^a   Geva, Eitan ^a   Dunietz, Barry D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84873645494     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct300700q     Document Type: Article

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