Aggregation effects on the optical emission of 1,1,2,3,4,5-hexaphenylsilole (HPS): A QM/MM study

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 118, Issue 39, 2014, Pages 9094-9104

  Zhang, Tian ^a   Jiang, Yuqian ^a   Niu, Yingli ^b   Wang, Dong ^a   Peng, Qian ^b   Shuai, Zhigang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 ,1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ,5-HEXAPHENYLSILOLE; OPTICAL EMISSIONS;

EID: 84907718666     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5021017     Document Type: Article

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