Distinct photophysical and electronic characteristics of strongly coupled dyads containing a perylene accessory pigment and a porphyrin, chlorin, or bacteriochlorin

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 117, Issue 31, 2013, Pages 9288-9304

  Wang, Jieqi ^a   Yang, Eunkyung ^b   Diers, James R ^c   Niedzwiedzki, Dariusz M ^b   Kirmaier, Christine ^b   Bocian, David F ^c   Lindsey, Jonathan S ^a   Holten, Dewey ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIGURATION INTERACTIONS; ELECTRONIC CHARACTERISTICS; EXCITED-STATE LIFETIME; FLUORESCENCE QUANTUM YIELD; NEAR-INFRARED ABSORPTION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; REDUCED PYRROLE RINGS; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BACTERIOLOGY; EXCITED STATES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PORPHYRINS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 84881399709     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp405004d     Document Type: Article

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