Excited state localization in organic molecules consisting of conjugated and nonconjugated segments

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 22, 2000, Pages 10002-10012

  Zojer, E ^a   Buchacher, P ^b   Wudl, F ^b   Cornil, J ^c   Calbert, J Ph ^c   Bredas J L ^c,d   Leising, G ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; LUMINESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; WAVE EQUATIONS;

EXCITED STATE LOCALIZATION; MULTICHROMOPHORIC SYSTEMS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0034516420     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1323263     Document Type: Article

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