Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions · 1994 · 74 citations · 25 references
Natural SciencesChemistryPhysicsMolecular PhysicsPhysical ChemistryQuantum ChemistryChemical PotentialMolecular Energy LevelsMolecular Excited StatesMolecular Orbital TheoryPhotochemistryPotential Energy SurfacesCharge DelocalizationDelocalization TheoryElectron DelocalizationElectronic Structure AnalysisExcited-state Potential Energy SurfacesExciton DelocalizationGround State PropertiesMolecular Potential Energy Surfaces
Information on the potential-energy surfaces of the ground and 1σσ* excited states of oligosilane chains, collected from experimental and theoretical sources, is discussed in terms of electronic structure and the mechanisms of bond and excitation delocalization.
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