Observation and control of coherent torsional dynamics in a quinquethiophene molecule

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 28, 2010, Pages 7917-7923

  Cirmi, Giovanni ^a,d   Brida, Daniele ^a   Gambetta, Alessio ^a   Piacenza, Manuel ^b,e   Sala, Fabio Della ^b,f   Favaretto, Laura ^c   Cerullo, Giulio ^a   Lanzani, Guglielmo ^a,f  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

^e RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^f ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; TIME; VIBRATION; ARTICLE;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; THIOPHENES; TIME FACTORS; VIBRATION;

EID: 77954594496     PISSN: 14639076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c000505c     Document Type: Article

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