8-HaloBODIPYs and Their 8-(C, N, O, S) substituted analogues: Solvent dependent UV-Vis spectroscopy, variable temperature NMR, crystal structure determination, and quantum chemical calculations

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1576-1594

  Boens, Noël ^a   Wang, Lina ^a   Leen, Volker ^a   Yuan, Peijia ^a   Verbelen, Bram ^a   Dehaen, Wim ^a   Van Der Auweraer, Mark ^a   De Borggraeve, Wim D ^a   Van Meervelt, Luc ^a   Jacobs, Jeroen ^a   Beljonne, David ^b   Tonnelé, Claire ^b   Lazzaroni, Roberto ^b   Ruedas Rama, Maria J ^c   Orte, Angel ^c   Crovetto, Luis ^c   Talavera, Eva M ^c   Alvarez Pez, Jose M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION AND EMISSIONS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE DETERMINATION; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIMES; FLUORESCENCE QUANTUM YIELD; QUANTUM CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS; QUANTUM-CHEMICAL CALCULATION; SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTY; VARIABLE-TEMPERATURE NMR;

FLUORESCENCE; IODINE; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

SOLVENTS;

EID: 84897744998     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp412132y     Document Type: Article

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