Calculation of excited states: Molecular photophysics and photochemistry on display

Handbook of Computational Chemistry

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 483-560

  Serrano Andrés, Luis ^a   Serrano Pérez, Juan José ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GROUND STATE; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM THEORY;

COMPUTATIONAL STRATEGY; MOLECULAR GROUND STATE; MOLECULAR PHOTOPHYSICS; MOLECULAR SYSTEMS; QUANTUM CHEMICAL STUDIES; QUANTUM-CHEMICAL METHODS; THERMALLY ACTIVATED; VISIBLE AND ULTRAVIOLET;

EXCITED STATES;

EID: 85027377835     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0711-5_14     Document Type: Chapter

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