Coherent intrachain energy migration in a conjugated polymer at room temperature

Science

Volumn 323, Issue 5912, 2009, Pages 369-373

  Collini, Elisabetta ^a   Scholes, Gregory D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ENERGY FLUX; POLARIZATION; POLYMER; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TEMPERATURE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONFORMATION; CONJUGATION; ENERGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 58449086151     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1164016     Document Type: Article

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