Spectroscopic demonstration of exciton dynamics and excimer formation in a sterically controlled perylene bisimide dimer aggregate

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 3601-3607

  Son, Minjung ^a   Park, Kyu Hyung ^a   Shao, Changzhun ^b   Würthner, Frank ^b   Kim, Dongho ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Excimer; Molecular Aggregate; Perylene Bisimide; Time Resolved Spectroscopy; Stacking

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; DIMERS; EXCITONS; FLUORESCENCE; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RED SHIFT;

EXCIMERS; MOLECULAR AGGREGATE; PERYLENE BISIMIDES; SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATIONS; STRUCTURAL REARRANGEMENT; TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE; TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84908068110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz501953a     Document Type: Article

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