Green emission from poly(fluorene)s: The role of oxidation

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 6794-6802

  Zojer, Egbert ^a   Pogantsch, Alexander ^a   Hennebicq, Emmanuelle ^b   Beljonne, David ^b,c   Brédas, Jean Luc ^c   Scandiucci De Freitas, Patricia ^d   Scherf, Ullrich ^d   List, Emil J W ^e,f  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^e GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^f INSTITUTE FOR MICROELECTRONICS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERS; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; GROUND STATE; KETONES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTIMIZATION; OXIDATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUANTUM THEORY;

FLUORENONE; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; MULTIELECTRON CONFIGURATION INTERACTION TECHNIQUE; POLYFLUORENE; POLYMER-BASED LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 0037044496     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1507106     Document Type: Article

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