High-resolution imaging of local oxidation in polyfluorene thin films by nonlinear near-field microscopy

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Biagioni, P ^a   Celebrano, M ^a   Zavelani Rossi, M ^a   Polli, D ^a   Labardi, M ^b   Lanzani, G ^a   Cerullo, G ^a   Finazzi, M ^a   Duo L ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OXIDATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS; FEMTOSECOND LIGHT PULSES; KETO-DEFECT UNITS; POLYFLUORENE;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 36048938383     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2805214     Document Type: Article

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