Unveiling the role of upper excited electronic states in the photochemistry and laser performance of <i>anti</i>-B<sub>18</sub>H<sub>22</sub>
Luis Cerdán, Antonio Francés‐Monerris, Daniel Roca‐Sanjuán, Jonathan Bould, Jiří Dolanský, Marcel Fuciman, Michael G. S. Londesborough
Abstract
Using the first laser borane, <italic>anti</italic>-B<sub>18</sub>H<sub>22</sub>, as a case study, our combined experimental and theoretical approach unravels the photophyscial and photochemical molecular dynamics of a highly efficient luminophore in an excited electronic state.
Topics & Concepts
Excited stateMaterials scienceLaserBoraneAtomic physicsElectronic structureExcited electronic statePhotochemistryPhysicsOpticsChemistryCondensed matter physicsBiochemistryCatalysisBoron Compounds in ChemistryRadioactive element chemistry and processingPharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies