Recent advances in singlet fission

Annual Review of Physical Chemistry

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 361-386

  Smith, Millicent B ^a   Michl, Josef ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acenes; Alternant hydrocarbons; Biradicaloids; Chromophore design; Ultrafast spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORES; EXCITED STATES; GROUND STATE; HYDROCARBONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

ACENES; ALTERNANT HYDROCARBON; BIRADICALOIDS; CHROMOPHORE DESIGN; ENERGY; EXCITED MOLECULES; POLYCRYSTALLINE SOLID; RECENT PROGRESS; SINGLET FISSIONS; ULTRA-FAST SPECTROSCOPIES;

MOLECULES;

EID: 84876000389     PISSN: 0066426X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physchem-040412-110130     Document Type: Article

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