Ultrafast photoexcitation dynamics in a ladder-type oligophenyl

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1252031-1252037

  Gadermaier, C ^a   Cerullo, G ^a   Zavelani Rossi, M ^a   Sansone, G ^a   Lanzani, G ^a   Zojer, E ^b   Pogantsch, A ^b   Beljonne, D ^c   Shuai, Z ^d   Bredas J L ^e   Scherf, U ^f   Leising, G ^g  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^g AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft   (Austria)

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ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; FILM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0037105172     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.66.125203     Document Type: Article

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