Exciton scattering and localization in branched dendrimeric structures

Nature Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 631-635

  Wu, Chao ^a   Malinin, Sergey V ^a   Tretiak, Sergei ^b   Chernyak, Vladimir Y ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR NONLINEAR STUDIES   (United States)

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EID: 33748306041     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys389     Document Type: Article

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