Ultrafast spectroscopy of dark states in solid state sexithiophene

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 6474-6480

  Lanzani, G ^a,b   Cerullo, G ^a,c   Stagira, S ^a,c   De Silvestri, S ^c   Garnier, F ^d  

^a Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia Milan   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d Laboratoires des Mat Moleculaires   (France)

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EID: 0004363470     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.479944     Document Type: Article

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