First-principles study of excited state evolution in a protected gold complex

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 11837-11842

  Ojanpera A ^a   Puska, M J ^a   Lopez Acevedo, O ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CHARGE TRANSFER; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GOLD COMPOUNDS; GROUND STATE; LIGANDS;

ASYMMETRIC DISTRIBUTION; CHARGE REDISTRIBUTION; CHARGE TRANSFER PROCESS; EMISSION PROPERTIES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; OSCILLATOR STRENGTHS; SELF-CONSISTENT FIELD METHOD; TIME DEPENDENT DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EXCITED STATES;

EID: 84879350176     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4024684     Document Type: Article

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