First-principles studies of the ground-and excited-state properties of quantum dots functionalized by Ru(II)-polybipyridine

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 35, 2013, Pages 18216-18224

  Hedrick, Mary M ^a   Mayo, Michael L ^a   Badaeva, Ekaterina ^a   Kilina, Svetlana ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION PEAKS; CARBOXYLATE GROUPS; EXCITED-STATE PROPERTIES; EXPERIMENTAL PROBES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; FUNCTIONALIZED; HOLE TRANSFER; TIME-DEPENDENT DFT;

BINDING ENERGY; CARBOXYLATION; CHARGE TRANSFER; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITED STATES; METAL IONS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; RUTHENIUM ALLOYS; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR ENERGY; ZINC OXIDE;

RUBIDIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84883685969     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp403819h     Document Type: Article

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