Nonadiabatic simulations of exciton dissociation in poly-p- phenylenevinylene oligomers

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 114, Issue 29, 2010, Pages 7661-7670

  Bedard Hearn, Michael J ^a   Sterpone, Fabio ^a   Rossky, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIER PHOTOGENERATION; CHARGE SEPARATION PROCESS; ENERGY TRANSFER DYNAMICS; EXCITED-STATE DYNAMICS; EXCITON DISSOCIATION; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; NON-ADIABATIC; POLARON HOPPING; POLARON PAIRS; POLY-P-PHENYLENEVINYLENE; POLYMER SYSTEMS; THERMALLY DRIVEN; TIME-SCALES;

CHARGE CARRIERS; CHROMOPHORES; DISSOCIATION; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITONS; OLIGOMERS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOEXCITATION; POLARONS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS;

EID: 77954950114     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp103446z     Document Type: Article

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