Quantum Chemical Design Guidelines for Absorption and Emission Color Tuning of fac-Ir(ppy)? Complexes.
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SUBMITTER: Natori Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6017301 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
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