Structural and spectroscopic properties of Ir(III) complexes with phenylpyridine ligands: Absorption spectra without and with spin-orbit-coupling

Computational and Theoretical Chemistry

Volumn 1040-1041, Issue , 2014, Pages 219-229

  Brahim, Houari ^a,b   Daniel, Chantal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAIDA   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Absorption emission spectroscopy; Excited states; Iridium(III) phenylpyridine complexes; Spin orbit

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903884320     PISSN: 2210271X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2014.01.030     Document Type: Article

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