Ultrafast excited-state dynamics of phenyleneethynylene oligomers in solution

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 956-963

  Duvanel, Guillaume ^a   Grilj, Jakob ^a   Schuwey, Anne ^b   Gossauer, Albert ^b   Vauthey, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 DODECYL 4 PHENYLENE; 2,5 DIDODECANOXY 4 PHENYLENE; OLIGOMER; PHENYLENEETHYNYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIPOLE; DYNAMICS; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 34548159936     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b702647a     Document Type: Article

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