Hole-vibronic coupling in oligothiophenes: Impact of backbone torsional flexibility on relaxation energies

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

Volumn 365, Issue 1855, 2007, Pages 1435-1452

  Da Silva Filho, Demetrio A ^a   Coropceanu, Veaceslav ^a   Fichou, Denis ^c   Gruhn, Nadine E ^b   Bill, Tonja G ^b   Gierschner, Johannes ^a,d   Cornil, Jéróme ^a,d   Brédas, Jean Luc ^a,d  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gas phase ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy; Reorganization energy; Vibronic coupling

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249282038     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2007.2025     Document Type: Article

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