Theoretical investigation of the lowest singlet and triplet excited states in oligo(phenylene vinylene)s and oligothiophenes

Synthetic Metals

Volumn 76, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 61-65

  Beljonne, D ^a,b   Cornil, J ^b   Bredas J L ^b   Friend, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Excited states; Oligo(phenylene vinylene); Oligothiophene

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYOLEFINS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CHAIN LENGTH; HIGH LEVEL CONFIGURATION INTERACTION TECHNIQUE; LOWEST SINGLET STATE; LOWEST TRIPLET STATES; OLIGOPHENYLENEVINYLENE; OLIGOTHIOPHENES;

OLIGOMERS;

EID: 0029732503     PISSN: 03796779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0379-6779(95)03420-O     Document Type: Article

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