Polyfluorene photophysics

Advances in Polymer Science

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 187-225

  Monkman, Andy ^a   Rothe, Carsten ^a   King, Simon ^a   Dias, Fernando ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ASE; Charge pairs; Exciton dynamics; Fluorescence lifetime; Keto defects; Phosphorescence; Polyfluorene beta phase

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249089084     PISSN: 00653195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/12_2008_147     Document Type: Review

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