Experimental and theoretical study of temperature dependent exciton delocalization and relaxation in anthracene thin films

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Ahn, Tai Sang ^a   Müller, Astrid M ^a   Al Kaysi, Rabih O ^a   Spano, Frank C ^b   Norton, Joseph E ^c   Beljonne, David ^c,d   Bŕdas, Jean Luc ^c   Bardeen, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Temple University   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE; EXCITED STATES; EXCITONS; LUMINESCENCE; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

DELOCALIZATION; NONRADIATIVE DECAY CHANNELS; SELF-ABSORPTION; TRAPPING PROCESS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 42649107457     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2822310     Document Type: Article

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