Tuning the photoluminescence of condensed-phase cyclic trinuclear Au(I) complexes through control of their aggregated structures by external stimuli

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Fujisawa, Kaori ^a,b   Yamada, Shigeyuki ^a   Yanagi, Yukihiro ^a   Yoshioka, Yasunori ^a   Kiyohara, Ayumi ^a   Tsutsumi, Osamu ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84928042502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07934     Document Type: Article

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