Dibutylaminophenyl- and/or pyridinyl-capped 2,6,9,10-tetravinylanthracene cruciforms: synthesis and aggregation-enhanced one- and two-photon excited fluorescence

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 8404-8410

  Li, Jinfeng ^a   Liu, Tongliang ^a   Zheng, Meng ^a   Sun, Mingxiao ^a   Zhang, Deteng ^a   Zhang, Haichang ^a   Sun, Pingping ^a   Xue, Shanfeng ^a   Yang, Wenjun ^a  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BUILDING BLOCKES; EMISSION PROPERTIES; FLUORESCENCE PROPERTIES; FLUORESCENCE QUANTUM YIELD; TWO PHOTON ABSORPTION (2PA); TWO PHOTON FLUORESCENCE; TWO-PHOTON EXCITED FLUORESCENCE;

ANTHRACENE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTONS; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84876841211     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp312794t     Document Type: Article

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