Exciton regeneration at polymeric semiconductor heterojunctions

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 24, 2004, Pages

  Morteani, Arne C ^a   Sreearunothai, Paiboon ^a   Herz, Laura M ^b   Friend, Richard H ^a   Silva, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; CHARGE TRANSFER; DECOMPOSITION; DRYING; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; EVAPORATION; IONIZATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUENCHING; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; THIN FILMS;

CHARGE INJECTION; IONIZATION POTENTIAL; LASER EXCITATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 3242665437     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.247402     Document Type: Article

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