Photophysics of thiophene based polymers in solution: The role of nonradiative decay processes

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1550-1556

  De Melo, J Seixas ^a   Burrows, H D ^a   Svensson, M ^b   Andersson, M R ^b   Monkman, A P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; FLUORESCENCE; OLIGOMERS; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLUTIONS; TEMPERATURE;

NONRADIATIVE DECAY PROCESSES; PHOTOPHYSICS; QUANTUM YIELDS; THIOPHENE;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0037439982     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1528604     Document Type: Article

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