Toward designed singlet fission: Solution photophysics of two indirectly coupled covalent dimers of 1,3-diphenylisobenzofuran

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 117, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 4680-4695

  Johnson, Justin C ^a   Akdag, Akin ^b,c   Zamadar, Matibur ^d   Chen, Xudong ^b   Schwerin, Andrew F ^b   Paci, Irina ^f   Smith, Millicent B ^b   Havlas, Zdeněk ^e   Miller, John R ^d   Ratner, Mark A ^f   Nozik, Arthur J ^a   Michl, Josef ^b,e  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; EXCITED STATES; FLUORESCENCE; RATE CONSTANTS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORIES (DFT); ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; EXCITED SINGLET STATE; EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; INTER-SYSTEM CROSSINGS; NONPOLAR SOLUTIONS; PHENYL SUBSTITUENTS; TWISTED INTRA-MOLECULAR CHARGE TRANSFERS;

CHARGE TRANSFER;

EID: 84876758520     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp310979q     Document Type: Article

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