Spin-orbit interactions between interchain excitations in conjugated polymers

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Barford, William ^a   Bursill, Robert J ^b   Makhov, Dmitry V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 77954824464     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.035206     Document Type: Article

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