A molecular movie of ultrafast singlet fission

Christoph Schnedermann; Antonios M. Alvertis; Torsten Wende; Steven Lukman; Jiaqi Feng; Florian A. Y. N. Schröder; David H. P. Turban; Jishan Wu; Nicholas D. M. Hine; Neil C. Greenham; Alex W. Chin; Akshay Rao; Philipp Kukura; Andrew J. Musser

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12220-7

Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

A molecular movie of ultrafast singlet fission

Christoph Schnedermann,
Antonios M. Alvertis,
Torsten Wende,
Steven Lukman,
Jiaqi Feng,
Florian A. Y. N. Schröder,
David H. P. Turban,
Jishan Wu,
Nicholas D. M. Hine,
Neil C. Greenham,
Alex W. Chin,
Akshay Rao,
Philipp Kukura,
Andrew J. Musser

Affiliations

Christoph Schnedermann: Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Antonios M. Alvertis: Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Torsten Wende: Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University
Steven Lukman: Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Jiaqi Feng: Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore
Florian A. Y. N. Schröder: Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
David H. P. Turban: Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Jishan Wu: Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore
Nicholas D. M. Hine: Department of Physics, University of Warwick
Neil C. Greenham: Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Alex W. Chin: Centre National de la Recherce Scientifique, Institute des Nanosciences de Paris, Sorbonne Universite
Akshay Rao: Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Philipp Kukura: Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University
Andrew J. Musser: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12220-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Ultrafast photo-induced processes in complex systems require theoretical models and their experimental validation which are still lacking. Here the authors investigate singlet fission in a pentacene dimer by a combined experimental and theoretical approach providing a real-time visualisation of the process.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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