Excitonic versus electronic couplings in molecular assemblies: The importance of non-nearest neighbor interactions

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Gierschner, Johannes ^a,b   Huang, Ya Shih ^b,c   Van Averbeke, Bernard ^b   Cornil, J́rôme ^b   Friend, Richard H ^c   Beljonne, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; COUPLINGS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYMERS; THIOPHENE;

BASED CONJUGATED POLYMERS; CHARGE TRANSPORTS; CONJUGATION LENGTHS; ELECTRONIC COUPLINGS; EXCITON COUPLINGS; LONG-RANGE INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES; MOLECULAR SIZES; NEAREST NEIGHBORS; NEAREST-NEIGHBOR INTERACTIONS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; OPTO-ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; POLYMER CHAINS; RAPID CONVERGENCES;

EXCITONS;

EID: 59349113034     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3065267     Document Type: Article

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