Spectral migration of fluorescence in graphene oxide aqueous dispersions: Evidence for excited-state proton transfer

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-7

  Konkena, Bharathi ^a   Vasudevan, Sukumaran ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

excited state proton transfer; fluorescence decay; graphene oxide; steady state fluorescence; time resolved emission spectroscopy (TRES)

Indexed keywords

EXCITED-STATE PROTON TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE DECAYS; GRAPHENE OXIDES; STEADY-STATE FLUORESCENCE; TIME-RESOLVED EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; EXCITED STATES; GRAPHENE; PROTON TRANSFER;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84891802108     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz4024755     Document Type: Article

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