Exciton fusion in molecular clusters

K. E. Schriver; M. Y. Hahn; R. L. Whetten

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.59.1906

Exciton fusion in molecular clusters

K. E. Schriver, M. Y. Hahn, R. L. Whetten

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Large benzene clusters ionize with anomalously high efficiency when excited by ultraviolet radiation. The enhancement of the ionization and multiple-ionization cross sections over molecular values is quantitatively explained by ultrafast fusion of pairs of excitations within a cluster.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1906-1909
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	59
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.59.1906
State	Published - 1987
Externally published	Yes

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