title: Response: Why had long-lived electron-transfer states of donor-substituted 10-methylacridinium ions been overlooked? Formation of the dimer radical cations detected in the near-IR region.
abstract: Photoexcitation of an acetonitrile solution of the 9-(1-naphthyl)-10-methylacridinium ion results in formation of the electron-transfer state that forms the long-lived dimer radical cation with the acridinium ion, which was clearly detected as the transient absorption spectrum in the near-IR region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Material and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, SORST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Suita, Osaka, Japan. fukuzumi@chem.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Shunichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukuzumi
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kotani
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohkubo