Unified picture of the photoexcitations in phenylene-based conjugated polymers: Universal spectral and dynamical features in subpicosecond transient absorption

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 8501-8515

  Kraabel, B ^a   Klimov, V ^a   Kohlman, R ^a   Xu, S ^a   Wang, H L ^a   McBranch, D ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0001229605     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.61.8501     Document Type: Article

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