Structural and electronic characterization of chemical and conformational defects in conjugated polymers

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 105, Issue 26, 2001, Pages 6103-6107

  Wong, Kim F ^a   Skaf, Munir S ^b   Yang, Chao Yie ^a   Rossky, Peter J ^a   Bagchi, Biman ^c   Hu, Dehong ^a   Yu, Ji ^a   Barbara, Paul F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL ANISOTROPY;

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; DEFECTS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HAMILTONIANS; PLASTIC FILMS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 0035812097     PISSN: 10895647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp010392b     Document Type: Article

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