Dynamics of conformational relaxation in photoexcited oligofluorenes and polyfluorene

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Hintschich, S I ^a   Dias, F B ^a   Monkman, A P ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33746323433     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.045210     Document Type: Article

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