Theoretical analysis of the relaxation dynamics in perylene bisimide dimers excited by femtosecond laser pulses

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1403-1412

  Schubert, Alexander ^a   Falge, Mirjam ^a   Kess, Martin ^a   Settels, Volker ^a   Lochbrunner, Stefan ^b   Strunz, Walter T ^c   Würthner, Frank ^a   Engels, Bernd ^a   Engel, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSIPATIVE DYNAMICS; EXCITED-STATE DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; FEMTOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS; QUANTUM DYNAMICS CALCULATIONS; RELAXATION DYNAMICS; TRAPPING MECHANISMS;

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; LASER PULSES; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

IMIDE; PERYLENE; PERYLENE BISIMIDE;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; LASER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; QUANTUM THEORY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTOR;

DIMERIZATION; IMIDES; LASERS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PERYLENE; QUANTUM THEORY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84897611310     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp412166a     Document Type: Article

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