Experimental determination of the excited-state polarizability and dipole moment in a thin organic semiconductor film

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2011-2016

  Steele, Mary P ^a   Blumenfeld, Michael L ^a   Monti, Oliver L A ^a  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATIC ENVIRONMENTS; ELECTROSTATIC MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; HIGHLY ORIENTED PYROLYTIC GRAPHITE; INTERFACIAL CHARGE; LOCAL ELECTRIC FIELD; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; MONOLAYER FILM; NAPHTHALOCYANINES; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR FILMS; POLARIZABILITIES; TWO-PHOTON PHOTOEMISSION; UNOCCUPIED STATE; VANADYL;

ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC FURNACES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MONOLAYERS; PHASE INTERFACES; POLARIZATION; VANADIUM COMPOUNDS;

EXCITED STATES;

EID: 77954301963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz1006466     Document Type: Article

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