Ultrafast time-resolved broadband fluorescence studies of the benzene-tetracyanoethylene complex: Solvation, vibrational relaxation, and charge recombination dynamics

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 117, Issue 33, 2013, Pages 9734-9756

  Chiu, Chih Chung ^a   Hung, Chih Chang ^a   Chen, Chien Lin ^a   Cheng, Po Yuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND FLUORESCENCE; FRANCK-CONDON CONFIGURATION; INTERMOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; TIME-DEPENDENT DYNAMICS; TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; VIBRATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS; VIBRATIONAL RELAXATION; VIBRATIONAL RELAXATION DYNAMICS;

BENZENE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DICHLOROMETHANE; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SOLVENTS; STRUCTURAL RELAXATION;

SOLVATION;

EID: 84883187796     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp404615u     Document Type: Article

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