Modelling exciton diffusion in disordered conjugated polymers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7722, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Athanasopoulos, S ^a   Emelianova, E V ^a   Walker, A B ^b   Beljonne, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytical model; Conjugated polymers; Energetic disorder; Exciton diffusion; Monte Carlo simulations; Quantum chemical calculations

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; DIFFUSION LENGTH; DISORDER STRENGTH; EXCITON DIFFUSION; EXCITON HOPPING; EXCITON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR SCALE; MONTE CARLO APPROACH; ORGANIC MATERIALS; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; QUANTUM-CHEMICAL CALCULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; EXCITONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS;

EID: 77954419794     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.854434     Document Type: Conference Paper

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