Recombination of long-lived photoexcitations in regioregular polyalkylthiophenes

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 1652201-1652207

  Westerling, M ^a   Osterbacka R ^a   Stubb, H ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

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ALKYL GROUP; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; EXCITATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0037109888     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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