Ultrafast spectroscopy reveals the influence of aromatic ring currents on the optoelectronic properties of aromatic chromophores. (IMAGE)

Princeton University

Ultrafast spectroscopy reveals the influence of aromatic ring currents on the optoelectronic properties of aromatic chromophores.

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The Princeton University Department of Chemistry publishes research this week proving that an applied magnetic field will interact with the electronic structure of weakly-magnetic, or diamagnetic, molecules to induce a magnetic-field effect that, to their knowledge, has never before been documented. With the experimental application of magnetic fields up to 25 Tesla, molecules with little intrinsic magnetism exhibit magneto-sensitive optical and photophysical properties.

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Illustration: Bryan Kudisch, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University

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