Excited-state electronic structure of conjugated oligomers and polymers: A quantum-chemical approach to optical phenomena

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 267-276

  Brédas, Jean Luc ^a   Cornil, Jérôme ^a   Beljonne, David ^a   Dos Santos, Donizetti A ^a   Shuai, Zhigang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGOMER; POLYMER;

LUMINESCENCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OPTICS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; REVIEW;

EID: 0038743397     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar9800338     Document Type: Review

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