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The electronic excited states of dichloromethane in the 5.8-10.8 eV energy range investigated by experimental and theoretical methods
PublicationWe present a comprehensive experimental high-resolution vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) photoabsorption spectrum of dichloromethane, CH 2 Cl 2 , with absolute cross sections determined for the full 5.8–10.8 eV energy-range. The calculations on the vertical excitation energies and oscillator strengths were performed using the equation-of-motion coupled cluster method, restricted to the single and double excitations level (EOM-CCSD), and...
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The electronic excited states of dichloromethane in the 5.8-10.8 eV energy range investigated by experimental and theoretical methods
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Excited electronic states of the anion of 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ)
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Bound-Excited Electronic States of the Anion of 2,3,5,6-Tetrafluoro-7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane
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Theoretical study of highly-excited states of KRb molecule
PublicationSemi-empirical adiabatic potential energy curves of highly excited states of the KRb molecule are calculated as a function of the internuclear distance R over a wide range from 3 to 150 a0. The diatomic molecule is treated as an effective two-electron system by using the large core pseudopotentials and core polarization potentials. All calculations are performed by using the nonrelativistic CASSCF/MRCI method with accurate basis...
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An ab initio study of the excited states of the vinoxy radical
PublicationMetodą ab initio obliczone zostały powierzchnie energii potencjalnej oraz radialne sprzężenia nieadiabatyczne. Rozpatrzono podprzestrzeń dwóch aktywnych kątów zaangażowanych w proces fotodysocjacji. Opracowany został schemat kwaziadiabatyczny w sąsiedztwie przecięcia stożkowego. Przedyskutowano niektóre konsekwencje możliwego mechanizmu fotodysocjacji winoksylu z różnych ścieżek formacji.
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Electron energy-loss spectroscopy of excited states of the pyridine molecules
PublicationElectron energy-loss spectra of the pyridine, C5H5N, molecules in the gas phase have been measured to investigate electronic excitation in the energy range 3.5–10 eV. The applied wide range of residual electron energy and the scattering angle range from 10 ◦ to 180 ◦ enabled to differentiate between optically-allowed and -forbidden transitions. These measurements have allowed vertical excitation energies of the triplet excited...
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Doubly Excited Resonance States of Helium Atom: Complex Entropies
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Electron energy-loss spectroscopy of excited states of the diazine molecules: Pyridazine
PublicationExcitation of the valence electronic states of the pyridazine molecules in the gas phase have been studied using the technique of electron energy-loss spectroscopy. Varying the electron scattering conditions, the residual electron energy and scattering angle, enabled the optically-allowed and -forbidden excitations to be differentiated. The measured energy-loss spectra enabled the vertical excitation energies of the observed states...
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Excited states of isoxazole molecules studied by electron energy-loss spectroscopy
PublicationElectron energy-loss spectra were measured in isoxazole in the excitation energy range 3.5−10 eV to investigate the valence excited states. Spectra recorded at different scattering conditions enabled the identification of the singlet and triplet states and the determination of their vertical excitation energies. The two lowest energy triplet bands, ππ* 13A' and ππ* 23A' at 4.20 and 5.30 eV, respectively show vibrational progressions....
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Electronic states of tetrahydrofuran molecules studied by electron collisions
PublicationElectronic states of tetrahydrofuran molecules were studied in the excitation energy range 5.5-10 eV using the technique of electron energy loss spectroscopy in the gas phase. Excitation from the two conformations, C2 and Cs, of the ground state of the molecule are observed in the measured energy loss spectra. The vertical excitation energies of the 3(no3s) triplet state from the C2 and Cs conformations of the ground state of the...
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A study of the electronic states of pyrimidine by electron energy loss spectroscopy
PublicationThe electron energy loss spectra were measured in pyrimidine at the constant electron residual energy varied from 15 meV to 10 eV and in the scattering angle range 0–180°. The spectra were analysed applying an iteration fitting procedure to resolve the energy loss bands corresponding to excitation of the electronic states of pyrimidine. The vertical excitation energies of the singlet states of pyrimidine and of a number of the...
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The adiabatic potentials of low-lying electronic states of the NaRb molecule
PublicationAdiabatic potential energy curves and spectroscopic constants have been calculated for the NaRb molecule. The results of ten states of the symmetry Σ+, six states of the symmetry Π, and two states of the symmetry Δ are obtained by the nonrelativistic quantum chemical method used with pseudopotentials describing the interaction of valence electrons with atomic cores. Analysis is based on a comparison with the results of other theoretical...
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Singlet and triplet excited states of a series of BODIPY dyes as calculated by TDDFT and DLPNO-STEOM-CCSD methods
PublicationThe singlet and triplet excited states of three iodine substituted BODIPY dyes differing by their substituent (-phenyl, -phenylOH and -phenylNO2) at the meso position of the BODIPY core (BOD) are investigated by (TDA)-TDDFT and DLPNO-STEOM-CCSD calculations. An assessment of hybrid (B3LYP and MN15) and double hybrid (SOS-PBE-QIDH and SOS-ωPBEPP86) exchange-correlation functionals is performed with respect to the DLPNO-STEOM-CCSD...
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Potential energy surfaces of the low-lying electronic states of the Li+LiCs system
PublicationAb initio quantum chemistry calculations are performed for the mixed alkali triatomic system. Global minima of the ground and first excited doublet states of the trimer are found and Born-Oppenheimer potential energy surfaces of the Li atom interacting with the LiCs molecule were calculated for these states. The lithium atom is placed at various distances and bond angles from the lithium-caesium dimer. Three-body nonadditive forces...
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Electronically Excited States in Solution via a Smooth Dielectric Model Combined with Equation-of-Motion Coupled Cluster Theory
PublicationWe present a method for computing excitation energies for molecules in solvent, based on the combination of a minimal parameter implicit solvent model and the equation-of-motion coupled-cluster singles and doubles method (EOM-CCSD). In this method, the solvent medium is represented by a smoothly varying dielectric function, constructed directly from the quantum mechanical electronic density using only two tunable parameters. The...
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Multi-mode vibronic interactions in the five lowest electronic states of the fluorobenzene radical cation
PublicationThe multi-mode vibronic interactions between the five lowest electronic states of the fluorobenzene radical cation are investigated theoretically, based on ab initio electronic structure data, and employing the linear vibronic coupling model. Low-energy conical intersections, and strong vibronic couplings are found to prevail within the set of X-A and B-C-D cationic states, while the interactions between these two sets of states...
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Spectroelectrochemical analysis of TiO 2 electronic states – Implications for the photocatalytic activity of anatase and rutile
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Valence and lowest Rydberg electronic states of phenol investigated by synchrotron radiation and theoretical methods
PublicationWe present the experimental high-resolution vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) photoabsorption spectra of phenol covering for the first time the full 4.3–10.8 eV energy-range, with absolute cross sections determined. Theoretical calculations on the vertical excitation energies and oscillator strengths were performed using time-dependent density functional theory and the equation-of-motion coupled cluster method restricted to single and double...
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On Raman optical activity sign-switching between the ground and excited states leading to an unusual resonance ROA induced chirality
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Study of ultraviolet-visible fluorescence emission following resonant Auger decay of the 2p-1nl core-excited states of argon atoms
PublicationWe have studied the excitation and relaxation of Ar+ ions populated in resonant Auger decay from the Ar 2p−1nl core-excited states by using ultraviolet-visible fluorescence spectroscopy and photon-photon delayed coincidence technique. Fluorescence emission yields were measured in the photon energy range of 240-–255 eV for the 3s23p4(1D)5s(2D) → 3s23p4(1D)4p(2F) (393 nm) and 3s23p4(1D)4d(2F) → 3s23p4(1D)4p(2F) (335 nm) transitions...
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Mo93m isomer depletion via nuclear excitation by electron capture in resonant transfer into highly excited open-shell atomic states
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Electronic States of Tris(bipyridine) Ruthenium(II) Complexes in Neat Solid Films Investigated by Electroabsorption Spectroscopy
PublicationWe present the electric field-induced absorption (electroabsorption, EA) spectra of the solid neat films of tris(bipyridine) Ru(II) complexes, which were recently functionalized in our group as photosensitizers in dye-sensitized solar cells, and we compare them with the results obtained for an archetypal [Ru(bpy)3]2+ ion (RBY). We argue that it is difficult to establish a unique set of molecular parameter values by discrete parametrization...
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Adiabatic potential energy curves of the 3, 4 and 5^1Σ^+ excited states of LiCs molecule
Open Research DataAdiabatic potential energy curves of the 3, 4, and 5^1Σ^+ excited states have been calculated for the LiCs molecule. The results of three excited states of the symmetry Σ^+ have been obtained by the nonrelativistic multireference configuration interaction (MRCI) method used with pseudopotentials describing the interaction of valence electrons with atomic...
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Low energy inelastic electron scattering from carbon monoxide: I. excitation of the a3Π, a’3Σ+ and AΠ1 electronic states.
PublicationDifferential scattering cross sections for electron excitation of the three lowest excited electron states of carbon monoxide are obtained experimentally using low-energy electron energy-loss spectroscopy and theoretically using the R-matrix method. The incident electron energies range from near-threshold of 6.3 eV to 20 eV. Experimental scattering angles range from 20◦ to 120◦. The normalization of the experimental cross sections...
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Noncentrosymmetric Triangular Magnet CaMnTeO6: Strong Quantum Fluctuations and Role of s0 versus s2 Electronic States in Competing Exchange Interactions
PublicationNoncentrosymmetric triangular magnets offer a unique platform for realizing strong quantum fluctuations. However, designing these quantum materials remains an open challenge attributable to a knowledge gap in the tunability of competing exchange interactions at the atomic level. Here, a new noncentrosymmetric triangular S = 3/2 magnet CaMnTeO6 is created based on careful chemical and physical considerations. The model material...
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Potential energy surfaces of the low-lying electronic states of the Li+LiCs system
Open Research DataThis data presents potential energy surfaces of Li atom interacting with LiCs dimer for the ground and first excited state. They were calculated using effective core potentials and MRCI method and include relativistic effects. The interatomic distance in the dimer is kept constant and equal to experimental value of 6.931704423 bohrs (3.6681 A). Energy...
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Combined Spectroscopic Methods of Determination of Density of Electronic States: Comparative Analysis of Diffuse Reflectance Spectroelectrochemistry and Reversed Double-Beam Photoacoustic Spectroscopy
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Low energy inelastic electron scattering from carbon monoxide: II. Excitation of the b3Σ+, j3Σ+, B1Σ+, C1Σ+ and E1Π Rydberg electronic states
PublicationIn this second part of a two part paper (first part: Zawadzki et al (2020 J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 53 165201)) we present differential scattering cross sections for excitation of several Rydberg electronic states of carbon monoxide by electron impact. The first part concerned the low-lying valence states of CO. In the present study cross sections are obtained experimentally using low-energy electron energy-loss spectroscopy...
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Valence and Ionic Lowest-Lying Electronic States of Isobutyl Formate Studied by High-Resolution Vacuum Ultraviolet Photoabsorption, Photoelectron Spectroscopy, and Ab Initio Calculations
PublicationThe highest resolution vacuum ultraviolet photoabsorption spectrum of isobutyl formate, C5H10O2, yet reported is presented over the energy range 4.5−10.7 eV (275.5−118.0 nm) revealing several new spectral features. Valence and Rydberg transitions and their associated vibronic series observed in the photoabsorption spectrum have been assigned in accordance with new ab initio calculations of the vertical excitation energies and oscillator...
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Valence and ionic lowest-lying electronic states of small esters studied by high resolution vacuum ultraviolet photoabsorption, photoelectron spectroscopy and ab initio calculations
PublicationEsters are an important class of oxygenated volatile organic compounds used in food flavorings, perfumes and other cosmetic products. They are present in fruits and pheromones and are emitted to the atmosphere naturally. Esters are also formed in the atmosphere as a product of the oxidation of ethers. Some of them form poly-molecule chains and are used in plastics. Phosphoesters form DNA backbone, while nitroesters are known for...
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Valence and ionic lowest-lying electronic states of ethyl formate as studied by high-resolution vacuum ultraviolet photoabsorption, He(I) photoelectron spectroscopy, and ab initio calculations
PublicationThe highest resolution vacuum ultraviolet photoabsorption spectrum of ethyl formate, C2H5OCHO, yet reported is presented over the wavelength range 115.0–275.5 nm (10.75–4.5 eV) revealing several new spectral features. Valence and Rydberg transitions and their associated vibronic series, observed in the photoabsorption spectrum, have been assigned in accordance with new ab initio calculations of the vertical excitation energies...
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Electronic transition dipole moment functions of the first singlet Delta gerade and first triplet Delta ungerade states of the Lithium dimer
Open Research DataElectronic transition dipole moment functions (ETDMF) of the first singlet Delta gerade (1sDg) and first triplet Delta ungerade (1tDu) states have been calculated for the Lithium dimer. ETDMFs are needed in understanding processes like photodissociation, photoassociation, cooling, and trapping of molecules. The results of the four ETDMFs have been obtained...
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Electronic transition dipole moment functions of the first singlet Pi gerade and first triplet Pi gerade states of the Lithium dimer
Open Research DataElectronic transition dipole moment functions (ETDMF) of the first singlet Pi gerade (1sPg) and first triplet Pi gerade (1tPg) states have been calculated for the Lithium dimer. ETDMFs are needed in understanding processes like photodissociation, photoassociation, cooling, and trapping of molecules. The results of the four ETDMFs have been obtained...
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Electronic transition dipole moment functions of the second singlet Pi gerade and second triplet Pi gerade states of the Lithium dimer
Open Research DataElectronic transition dipole moment functions (ETDMF) of the second singlet Pi gerade (2sPg) and second triplet Pi gerade (2tPg) states have been calculated for the Lithium dimer. ETDMFs are needed in understanding processes like photodissociation, photoassociation, cooling, and trapping of molecules. The results of the four ETDMFs have been obtained...
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Electronic transition dipole moment functions of the second singlet Sigma ungerade plus and second triplet Sigma gerade plus states of the Lithium dimer
Open Research DataElectronic transition dipole moment functions (ETDMF) of the second singlet Sigma ungerade plus (2sSu+) and second triplet Sigma gerade plus (2tSg+) states have been calculated for the Lithium dimer. ETDMFs are needed in understanding processes like photodissociation, photoassociation, cooling, and trapping of molecules. The results of the four ETDMFs...
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Electronic transition dipole moment functions of the first singlet Sigma ungerade plus and first triplet Sigma gerade plus states of the Lithium dimer
Open Research DataElectronic transition dipole moment functions (ETDMF) of the first singlet Sigma ungerade plus (1sSu+) and first triplet Sigma gerade plus (1tSg+) states have been calculated for the Lithium dimer. ETDMFs are needed in understanding processes like photodissociation, photoassociation, cooling, and trapping of molecules. The results of the four ETDMFs...
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Electronic transition dipole moment functions of the third singlet Sigma ungerade plus and third triplet Sigma gerade plus states of the Lithium dimer
Open Research DataElectronic transition dipole moment functions (ETDMF) of the third singlet Sigma ungerade plus (3sSu+) and third triplet Sigma gerade plus (3tSg+) states have been calculated for the Lithium dimer. ETDMFs are needed in understanding processes like photodissociation, photoassociation, cooling, and trapping of molecules. The results of the four ETDMFs...
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Influence of Protonation State on the Excited State Dynamics of a Photobiologically Active Ru(II) Dyad
PublicationThe influence of ligand protonation on the photophysics of a ruthenium (Ru) dyad bearing the 2-(1-pyrenyl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]-phenanthroline (ippy) ligand was investigated by time-resolved transient absorption spectroscopy. It was found that changes in the protonation state of the imidazole group led to changes in the electronic configuration of the lowest lying excited state. Formation of the fully deprotonated imidazole...
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The 41Σ+ electronic state of LiCs molecule
PublicationThe 41Σ+ state of LiCs molecule is observed experimentally for the first time. The inverted perturbation approach (IPA) method is used to derive the potential energy curve of the state from the measured spectra. The experiment is accompanied by theoretical calculations of adiabatic potentials for excited states in LiCs including 41Σ+, performed with the MOLPRO program package. The irregular shape of the 41Σ+ state potential predicted...
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Optimization of the femtosecond laser impulse for excitation and the spin-orbit-mediated dissociation in the NaRb molecule
Open Research DataHigh accuracy ab initio potential energy curves (1tSigma+, 2sSigma+, 1tPi), electronic transition dipole moment function (1tSigma+ - 1tPi), and spin-orbit coupling (2sSigma+ - 1tPi) have been calculated for the NaRb molecule. The time-dependent excitation and dissociation processes in the polar alkali diatomic NaRb molecule and the quantum properties...
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Adiabatic potential energy curves of the KRb molecule
Open Research DataAdiabatic potential energy curves (APEC) of the singlet (s) and triplet (t) Sigma+, Sigma-, Pi, and Delta electronic states have been calculated for the KRb molecule. Presented APECs correlate with 11 atomic asymptotes, starting from ground K(4s)+Rb(5s) atomic limit and ending on double-excited K(4p)+Rb(5p) atomic limit. All results of the presented...
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Born–Oppenheimer potential energy curves of NaK from the optimised atomic basis sets
PublicationThe article presents adiabatic potential energy curves of the ground and excited electronic states for the diatomic NaK molecule. The calculations were made using the ab initio computational methods to include electron correlation. The studied molecule was calculated as the effective two-electron problem, in which only the valence electrons of the molecule are explicitly taken into account. The remaining electrons with atomic nuclei...
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Production of singlet oxygen atoms by photodissociation of oxywater
PublicationQuantum chemical calculations are reported for the energies of the few lowest electronic singlet states of oxywater along dissociation of the oxygen-oxygen bond into water and singlet oxygen using multistate multireference second-order Møller–Plesset perturbation theory. We compute an energy of 21 kcal/mol to remove one oxygen atom in the lowest singlet state. The two lowest excited singlet states have vertical excitation energies...
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Optimization of the femtosecond laser impulse for excitation and the Spin-Orbit mediated dissociation in the NaRb Dimer
PublicationWe study the dynamics of multiple coupled states under the influence of an arbitrary time-dependent external field to investigate the femtosecond laser-driven excitation and the spin-orbit mediated dissociation in the NaRb dimer. In this process, the dimer is excited from the ground triplet state 1^3Sigma+ to the 1^3Pi state using the femtosecond laser impulse and the spin-orbit coupling between the 1^3Pi and 2^1Sigma+ states results...
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Born-Oppenheimer potential energy curves of the NaK molecule
Open Research DataAdiabatic potential energy curves (APEC) of the singlet (s) and triplet (t) Sigma+, Pi, and Delta electronic states have been calculated for the NaK molecule. All results of the presented molecular states have been obtained by the nonrelativistic multireference configuration interaction (MRCI) method used with pseudopotentials describing the interaction...
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Multi-state vibronic interactions in the fluorobenzene radical cation: The importance of quadratic coupling terms
PublicationThe multi-mode multi-state vibronic interactions in the set of X^2B_1 - D^2A_1 electronic states of the monofluoro benzene radical cation are investigated theoretically, based on a quadratic vibronic coupling approach. The underlying ionization potentials and coupling constants are obtained from ab initio coupled-cluster calculations. Previous investigations (relying on the linear coupling approach) are extended by including all...
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Dissociation and fragmentation of furan by electron impact
PublicationDissociation and fragmentation processes that produce electronically excited atomic and molecular fragments, following electron impact excitation, have been studied in furan. The optical excitation technique has been employed over the electron incident energy range 15-95 eV. Formation of excited hydrogen atoms H(n) in the n = 4-10 states has been detected by observation of the Balmer series. The diatomic CH fragments are formed...
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Light‐Driven Multi‐Charge Separation in a Push‐Pull Ruthenium‐Based Photosensitizer – Assessed by RASSCF and TDDFT Simulations
PublicationThe performance of photosensitizers in the field of, for example, solar energy conversion, relies on their light-harvesting efficiency in the visible region, population of long-lived charge separated intermediates, as well as their charge-accumulation capacity amongst other properties. In this computational study, we investigate the photophysical properties of a bis(bipyridyl)ruthenium(II)-based black dye (Ru) incorporating a chromophoric...
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Quenching effects in organic electroluminescence
PublicationWe examine various electronic processes that underlie the quenching of the emission from highly efficient phosphorescent and electrophosphorescent organic solid-state molecular systems. As an example, we study the luminescent efficiencies from the phosphorescent iridium (III) complex, fac tris (2-phenylpyridine) iridium [(Ir (ppy)3] doped into a diamine derivative doped polycarbonate hole-transporting matrix and in the form...