Radical cation of star-shaped condensed oligofluorenes having isotruxene as a core: Importance of rigid planar structure on charge delocalization

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2307-2315

  Fujitsuka, Mamoru ^a   Cho, Dae Won ^a,b   Tojo, Sachiko ^a   Choi, Jungkweon ^a   Huang, Hsin Hau ^c   Yang, Jye Shane ^c   Majima, Tetsuro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Advanced Materials Chemistry Korea University ^*  (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; OLIGOMERS; POSITIVE IONS; RADIOLYSIS;

CHARGE DELOCALIZATION; CONJUGATION SYSTEM; OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PLANAR STRUCTURE; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; TIME RESOLVED RESONANCE; VIBRATIONAL PROPERTIES; WIDE SPECTRAL RANGE;

STARS;

EID: 84897462212     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp412744p     Document Type: Article

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