(A) Spin density plot
for the lowest relaxed triplet state. Positive
(excess α) and negative (excess β) spin density contributions
are shown as purple and red isosurfaces, respectively, Contour of
the plot 0.03. (B) Excited-state potential energy landscape, including
calculated vertically excited singlet and triplet state energies from
TD-DFT with sketched energy surfaces (dashed lines) for visual guidance,
as well as singlet, triplet, and quintet unrestricted DFT energies
at the lowest computational relaxed singlet, triplet, and quintet
geometries with sketched energy surfaces (bold lines). Excitation
and decay processes discussed in the text are marked by vertical arrows.
IC = internal conversion, and ISC = intersystem crossing.