Thickness dependent absorption spectra in conjugated polymers: Morphology or interference?

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Gaudin, Olivier P M ^a   Samuel, Ifor D W ^a   Amriou, Samia ^b   Burn, Paul L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DATA; INTERFERENCE EFFECTS; METHOXY; PHENYLENEVINYLENE; PROCESSING CONDITION; SPIN-COATED FILMS; THICKNESS DEPENDENCE; VARIABLE ANGLE SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY;

ABSORPTION; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL CONSTANTS; REFLECTION; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 76449100117     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3294636     Document Type: Article

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