Ultrafast formation of nonemissive species via intermolecular interaction in single crystals of conjugated molecules

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 732-735

  Loi, M A ^a   Mura, A ^a   Bongiovanni, G ^a   Cai, Q ^b   Martin, C ^b   Chandrasekhar, H R ^b   Chandrasekhar, M ^b   Graupner, W ^c,e   Garnier, F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Lab des Materiaux Moleculaires   (France)

^e eMagin Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; QUANTUM THEORY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; THERMAL EFFECTS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

INTERCHAIN INTERACTION; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRESSURE INDUCED QUENCHING; SEXITHIOPHENE;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0035137254     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.732     Document Type: Article

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