Optical absorption of poly(thienylene vinylene)-conjugated polymers: Experiment and first principle theory

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 112, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 7908-7912

  Gavrilenko, A V ^a   Matos, T D ^a   Bonner, C E ^a   Sun, S S ^a   Zhang, C ^a   Gavrilenko, V I ^a  

^a NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL TREATMENT; ATOMIC GEOMETRIES; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC ENERGIES; EQUILIBRIUM GEOMETRIES; FIRST PRINCIPLE THEORIES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; H IGH CONCENTRATIONS; INTER-CHAIN INTERACTIONS; INTERCHAIN DISTANCES; LONG WAVELENGTHS; OPTICAL ABSORPTION; OPTICAL ABSORPTION SPECTRUM; POLY(THIENYLENE VINYLENE); ROOM TEMPERATURES; SONIFICATION; SPECTRAL RANGES; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

ABS RESINS; ABSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONJUGATED POLYMERS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYMERS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SHOULDERS (ROAD); SOLVENTS;

ENERGY ABSORPTION;

EID: 53349118914     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp711772z     Document Type: Article

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