Vibrational study of a well-barrier-well thiophene-based oligomer in relation to the effective π-conjugation length

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 6907-6915

  Hernandez V ^a   Casado, J ^a   Kanemitsu, Y ^b   Lopez Navarrete J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 26944474876     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.478596     Document Type: Article

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