Photo-induced ionic-to-neutral phase transition in tetrathiafulvalen-p-chloranil crystals

Phase Transitions

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 21-34

  Tanimura, K ^a   Koshihara, S ^b,c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KANAGAWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dynamics of phase transition; Ionic to neutral phase transition; Spectroscopic study; TTF CA

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144473020     PISSN: 01411594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411590108224563     Document Type: Article

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