Energy migration in conjugated polymers: The role of molecular structure

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1855, 2007, Pages 1589-1606

  Rose, Aimee ^a   Tovar, John D ^a   Yamaguchi, Shigehiro ^a   Nesterov, Evgueni E ^a   Zhu, Zhengguo ^a   Swager, Timothy M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjugated polymers; Dexter energy transfer; Exciton diffusion; F rster energy transfer; Liquid crystals; Sensors

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249039224     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2007.2033     Document Type: Article

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