Excited state dynamics in solid and monomeric tetracene: The roles of superradiance and exciton fission

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 133, Issue 14, 2010, Pages

  Burdett, Jonathan J ^a   Müller, Astrid M ^a,c   Gosztola, David ^b   Bardeen, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLITE ORIENTATION; DEFECT SITES; DELAYED FLUORESCENCE; DELOCALIZATIONS; DILUTE SOLUTION; ENHANCED ABSORPTION; EXCITED SINGLET STATE; EXCITED STATE ABSORPTION; EXCITED-STATE DYNAMICS; EXCITON-EXCITON ANNIHILATION; FEMTOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; FEMTOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS; FLASH PHOTOLYSIS; INTERSYSTEM CROSSING; LUMINESCENCE SIGNALS; PHOTOPHYSICAL BEHAVIOR; PICOSECONDS; POLYCRYSTALLINE FILM; POLYCRYSTALLINE THIN FILM; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLID-STATE FLUORESCENCE; TETRACENE; TETRACENE THIN FILMS; TIME CONSTANTS; TIME-SCALES; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; TRIPLET STATE;

ABSORPTION; BLEACHING; CLEANING; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; EXCITONS; FLUORESCENCE; GROUND STATE; PHOTOLYSIS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STIMULATED EMISSION; THIN FILMS;

EXCITED STATES;

EID: 77958101698     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3495764     Document Type: Article

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