Luminescence quenching by inter-chain aggregates in substituted polythiophenes

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-12

  Ruseckas, Arvydas ^a   Namdas, Ebinazar B ^a   Theander, Mathias ^b   Svensson, Mattias ^c   Yartsev, Arkady ^a   Zigmantas, Donatas ^a   Andersson, Mats R ^c   Inganäs, Olle ^b   Sundström, Villy ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conjugated polymers; Excitation energy transfer; Luminescence; Physical dimers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011586924     PISSN: 10106030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-6030(01)00517-2     Document Type: Article

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