Tunable electronic coupling and driving force in structurally well-defined tetracene dimers for molecular singlet fission: A computational exploration using density functional theory

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 117, Issue 42, 2013, Pages 10824-10838

  Vallett, Paul J ^a   Snyder, Jamie L ^a   Damrauer, Niels H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPUTATION THEORY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENERGY CONVERSION; GEOMETRY; ISOMERS; PARTICLE BEAMS; SINGLET FISSION; SOLAR ENERGY; TECHNETIUM; TECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; THERMODYNAMICS;

BRIDGING GEOMETRY; CHARGE TRANSFER STATE; CHROMOPHORIC SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL EXPLORATION; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ELECTRONIC COUPLING; ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; INTERMOLECULAR MOTION;

DIMERS;

EID: 84886634980     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp407426q     Document Type: Article

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