Phonon-driven exciton dissociation at donor - Acceptor polymer heterojunctions: direct versus bridge-mediated vibronic coupling pathways

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 495-506

  Tamura, Hiroyuki ^a   Ramon, John G S ^b   Bittner, Eric R ^b   Burghardt, Irene ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b Department of Chemistry Texas Center for Superconductivity University of Houston ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PARAMETERIZATION; POLYMERS; QUANTUM THEORY; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

PHOTOGENERATED EXCITON; QUANTUM DYNAMICAL SIMULATIONS;

PHONONS;

EID: 38749105456     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp077270p     Document Type: Article

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