Intra- to intermolecular singlet fission

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1312-1319

  Trinh, M Tuan ^a   Zhong, Yu ^a   Chen, Qishui ^a   Schiros, Theanne ^a   Jockusch, Steffen ^a   Sfeir, Matthew Y ^b   Steigerwald, Michael ^a   Nuckolls, Colin ^a   Zhu, Xiaoyang ^a  

^a Department of Chemistry Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES;

DESIGN PRINCIPLES; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; INTRAMOLECULAR TRIPLETS; MODEL SYSTEM; SINGLET FISSIONS; SINGLET-TRIPLET; SOLID FILMS; SOLUTION PHASE;

EXCITED STATES;

EID: 84921479036     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp512650g     Document Type: Article

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