Excitation energy transfer within covalent tetrahedral perylenediimide tetramers and their intermolecular aggregates

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 16941-16950

  Ramanan, Charusheela ^a   Kim, Chul Hoon ^a   Marks, Tobin J ^a   Wasielewski, Michael R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CHROMOPHORES; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITATION ENERGY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TOLUENE;

CONCENTRATION-DEPENDENT; FEMTOSECOND FLUORESCENCE; HIGH EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; ORDERED NANOSTRUCTURES; SINGLET-SINGLET ANNIHILATION; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTRA; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES; VISIBLE SPECTRAL REGIONS;

OLIGOMERS;

EID: 84905453960     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp500475c     Document Type: Article

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