The role of twisting in driving excited-state symmetry breaking and enhanced two-photon absorption in quadrupolar cationic pyridinium derivatives
- 19 July 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
- Vol. 23 (31) , 16739-16753
Abstract
Excited-state twisting in quadrupolar pyridinium derivatives proved necessary to uncouple the donor (D) and acceptor (A+) groups, and reach a structurally, as well as electronically, symmetry broken intramolecular charge transfer (SB-ICT) state.Keywords
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- Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca (Dipartimenti di Eccellenza 2018– 2022)
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