The spectral signatures of frenkel polarons in H- And J-aggregates

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 429-439

  Spano, Frank C ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77949520834     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar900233v     Document Type: Article

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