Properties of triplet-excited [ n ]cycloparaphenylenes (n = 8-12): Excitation energies lower than those of linear oligomers and polymers

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 118, Issue 25, 2014, Pages 4527-4532

  Fujitsuka, Mamoru ^a   Lu, Chao ^a   Iwamoto, Takahiro ^b   Kayahara, Eiichi ^b,c   Yamago, Shigeru ^b,c   Majima, Tetsuro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER;

DEACTIVATION PATHWAYS; LASER FLASH PHOTOLYSIS; LINEAR OLIGOMERS; POLY(P-PHENYLENE)S; SINGLET OXYGEN; SIZE-DEPENDENCE; TRIPLET ENERGY; TRIPLET STATE;

EXCITED STATES;

EID: 84903459740     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp504689q     Document Type: Article

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