Electric field induced ionization of the exciton in poly(phenylene vinylene)

Synthetic Metals

Volumn 119, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 503-506

  Moses, D ^a   Wang, J ^a   Heeger, A J ^a   Kirova, N ^b   Brazovski, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Exciton binding energy; Photoconductivity; Poly(phenylene vinylene)

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ENERGY GAP; EXCITONS; IONIZATION; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; VINYL RESINS;

POLYPHENYLENEVINYLENE;

CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS;

EID: 0035867577     PISSN: 03796779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-6779(00)00872-9     Document Type: Article

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