Direct evidence of torsional motion in an aggregation-induced emissive chromophore

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 51, 2013, Pages 27161-27166

  Virgili, Tersilla ^a   Forni, Alessandra ^b   Cariati, Elena ^c   Pasini, Dario ^d   Botta, Chiara ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION-INDUCED EMISSIONS; EQUILIBRIUM GEOMETRIES; ORGANIC CHROMOPHORES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE EFFICIENCY; SPECTRAL EVOLUTION; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; TIME-DEPENDENT DFT; ULTRAFAST PUMP-PROBE SPECTROSCOPY;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; EXCITED STATES; SOLID STATE DEVICES; SPECTROSCOPY; VISCOSITY;

CHROMOPHORES;

EID: 84891387029     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4104504     Document Type: Article

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