Correlating experimental photophysical properties of iridium(III) complexes to spin-orbit coupled TDDFT predictions

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 48, 2013, Pages 25714-25723

  Younker, Jarod M ^a   Dobbs, Kerwin D ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND STATE GEOMETRY; IR COMPLEXES (III); PHOSPHORESCENT EMITTERS; PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS; TIME-DEPENDENT DENSITY; TRANSITION DIPOLE MOMENTS; TRANSITION PROBABILITIES;

CHEMISTRY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

IRIDIUM;

EID: 84890412134     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp410576a     Document Type: Article

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