The fundamental photophysics of conjugated oligomer herringbone aggregates

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 981-994

  Spano, Frank C ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; EXCITONS; HAMILTONIANS; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; MOLECULES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTUM THEORY; SET THEORY;

CONJUGATED OLIGOMERS; HERRINGBONE AGGREGATES; PHOTOPHYSICS; VIBRONIC EXCITONS;

OLIGOMERS;

EID: 0037425669     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1521933     Document Type: Article

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