Harnessing fluorescence versus phosphorescence branching ratio in (Phenyl)n-bridged (n = 0-5) bimetallic Au(I) complexes

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 9623-9632

  Chang, Yuh Chia ^a   Tang, Kuo Chun ^a   Pan, Hsiao An ^a   Liu, Shih Hung ^a   Koshevoy, Igor O ^b   Karttunen, Antti J ^c   Hung, Wen Yi ^d   Cheng, Ming Hung ^d   Chou, Pi Tai ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE DISTANCE; ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; INTERSYSTEM CROSSING; LATE TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES; PHENYLENE SPACERS; RELAXATION DYNAMICS; SINGLE MOLECULE; WHITE-LIGHT GENERATION;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BRIDGES; CHROMOPHORES; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT EMISSION; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED); PHOSPHORESCENCE; RATE CONSTANTS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84878060009     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp402666r     Document Type: Article

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