Fundamental of diradical-character-based molecular design for singlet fission

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 2133-2137

  Minami, Takuya ^a   Ito, Soichi ^a   Nakano, Masayoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

diradical character; excited state; open shell singlet molecule; singlet fission

Indexed keywords

DIRADICALS; FRONTIER ORBITAL ENERGIES; LEVEL MATCHING; MODEL SYSTEM; MOLECULAR DESIGN; OPEN-SHELL; SINGLET FISSIONS; TIME DEPENDENT DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; EXCITED STATES;

MOLECULES;

EID: 84879767599     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz400931b     Document Type: Article

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