High-level ab initio computations of the absorption spectra of organic iridium complexes

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1023-1036

  Plasser, Felix ^a   Dreuw, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; CHARGE TRANSFER; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; IRIDIUM COMPOUNDS; ORBITAL TRANSFER; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

AB INITIO COMPUTATIONS; ADVANCED ANALYSIS METHODS; ALGEBRAIC DIAGRAMMATIC CONSTRUCTIONS; CHARGE TRANSFER STATE; MANY BODY WAVE FUNCTIONS; MULTI REFERENCE CONFIGURATION INTERACTIONS; ORBITAL RELAXATION; TIME DEPENDENT DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

IRIDIUM;

EID: 84922791276     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5122917     Document Type: Article

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