Evidence for conical intersection dynamics mediating ultrafast singlet exciton fission

Nature Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 352-357

  Musser, Andrew J ^a   Liebel, Matz ^b,c   Schnedermann, Christoph ^b   Wende, Torsten ^b   Kehoe, Tom B ^a   Rao, Akshay ^a   Kukura, Philipp ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORES; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; SINGLET FISSION;

CONICAL INTERSECTION; COUPLED ELECTRONIC STATE; INTERNAL CONVERSIONS; SPIN SINGLETS; STRONG COUPLING; TIPS-PENTACENE; VIBRATIONAL COHERENCES; VIBRONIC SPECTROSCOPY;

EXCITONS;

EID: 84926521068     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys3241     Document Type: Article

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