Direct evidence for singlet-triplet exciton annihilation in π-conjugated polymers

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 2352031-2352035

  List, E J W ^a,b,c   Scherf, U ^d   Mullen K ^e   Graupner, W ^f   Kim, C H ^g   Shinar, J ^c,g  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Inst of Nanostruct Mat/Photonics   (Austria)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIPOLE; LIGHT; LUMINANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOTOACTIVATION; POLARIMETRY; POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 0037115985     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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