Ultrafast exciton self-trapping upon geometry deformation in perylene-based molecular aggregates

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 792-796

  Schubert, Alexander ^a   Settels, Volker ^a   Liu, Wenlan ^a   Würthner, Frank ^a   Meier, Christoph ^b   Fink, Reinhold F ^c   Schindlbeck, Stefan ^d   Lochbrunner, Stefan ^d   Engels, Bernd ^a   Engel, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

and Excited States; Photochemistry; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

DISSIPATION MECHANISM; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; FEMTOSECOND TIME-RESOLVED; MOLECULAR AGGREGATE; PERYLENE TETRACARBOXYLIC; REACTION COORDINATES; RELAXATION MECHANISM; TIME-DEPENDENT WAVE PACKETS;

CHARGE TRANSFER; DIMERS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; EXCITED STATES; EXCITONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SPECTROSCOPY;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 84874873914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz4000752     Document Type: Article

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