Observation of long-range exciton diffusion in highly ordered organic semiconductors

Nature Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 938-943

  Najafov, H ^a,b   Lee, B ^a   Zhou, Q ^a   Feldman, L C ^b   Podzorov, V ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR CRYSTALS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

ABSORPTION LENGTH; CRYSTAL SURFACES; EXCITON DIFFUSION; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE QUENCHING; POLYCRYSTALLINE; TIME RESOLVED MEASUREMENT; TRIPLET EXCITONS;

EXCITONS;

EID: 77958508443     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2872     Document Type: Article

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