Excitons in conjugated polymers: Wavefunctions, symmetries, and quantum numbers

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 129, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Barford, William ^a   Paiboonvorachat, Nattapong ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ACETYLENE; CHEMICAL BONDS; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYMERS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CONFIGURATION INTERACTIONS; HOLE EXCITATIONS; LINEAR COMBINATIONS; MASS COORDINATES; PSEUDOMOMENTUM; QUANTUM NUMBERS; RELATIVE COORDINATES; WANNIER FUNCTIONS; WAVEFUNCTIONS;

EXCITONS;

EID: 55349147314     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3001584     Document Type: Article

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