On the angular dependence of the optical polarization anisotropy in ladder-type polymers

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Vaughan, Helen L ^a   Monkman, Andrew P ^a,b   Pålsson, Lars Olof ^a   Nehls, Benjamin S ^b   Farrell, Tony ^b   Scherf, Ullrich ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICHROISM; ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENTS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY; POLYETHYLENES; SOLID STATE REACTIONS;

ABSORPTION TRANSITION; CONJUGATION LENGTHS; LADDER POLYMERS; LADDER-TYPE POLYMERS; RAMAN MICROSCOPY;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS;

EID: 38849139138     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2822273     Document Type: Article

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