Combined experimental and theoretical study of one- and two-photon absorption properties of D-π-A-π-D type bis(carbazolylfluorenylethynyl) arene derivatives: Influence of aromatic acceptor bridge

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 113, Issue , 2015, Pages 682-691

  Lavanya Devi, C ^a   Yesudas, K ^a   Makarov, Nikolay S ^b   Jayathirtha Rao, V ^a,c   Bhanuprakash, K ^a,c   Perry, Joseph W ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ACADEMY OF SCIENTIFIC AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH ACSIR   (India)

Author keywords

Bis(carbazolyl fluorenyl) arenas; Carbazole; Excited state absorption; Fluorene; Two photon absorption; Two photon excited fluorescence

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BRIDGES; EXCITED STATES; FLUORESCENCE; PHOTONS;

CARBAZOLE; EXCITED STATE ABSORPTION; FLUORENES; FLUORENYL; TWO PHOTON ABSORPTION; TWO-PHOTON EXCITED FLUORESCENCE;

TWO PHOTON PROCESSES;

EID: 84924303091     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: 18733743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dyepig.2014.09.027     Document Type: Article

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