Role of solvent on charge transfer in 7-aminocoumarin dyes: New hints from TD-CAM-B3LYP and state specific PCM calculations

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4087-4096

  Pedone, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

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EID: 84884195801     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct4004349     Document Type: Article

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