Are breather excitons the primary photoexcitations in conjugated polymers?

Synthetic Metals

Volumn 116, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 71-73

  Kanner, G S ^a   Vardeny, Z V ^b   Lanzani, G ^c   Zheng, L X ^c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; POLYACETYLENES; RAMAN SCATTERING;

BREATHER EXCITONS; PHOTOINDUCED ABSORPTION; POLYDIACETYLENE; TRANSIENT PHOTOINDUCED RESONANT RAMAN SCATTERING (TPRRS);

SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 0034831772     PISSN: 03796779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-6779(00)00518-X     Document Type: Article

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