Anisotropic optical functions of α-1,4,4-tetraphenyl-1,3-butadiene

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Tavazzi, Silvia ^a   Mora, Stefano ^a   Alessandrini, Laura ^a   Silvestri, Leonardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE EMITTING DEVICES; CHEMICAL PHYSICS; DIELECTRIC TENSORS; IN-PLANE; INDEPENDENT PARAMETERS; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; LAYERED SAMPLE; MOLECULAR MATERIALS; MOLECULAR ORGANIC MATERIALS; MONO-CRYSTALS; MONOCLINIC POLYMORPHS; OPTICAL BANDS; OPTICAL FUNCTION; OPTICAL SPECTRA; POLYCRYSTALLINE SAMPLES; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; UV-VISIBLE SPECTRA; VIBRONIC COUPLING;

ANISOTROPY; BUTADIENE; CHARACTERIZATION; GROWTH (MATERIALS); SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY;

MATERIALS;

1,3 BUTADIENE DERIVATIVE; ALPHA 1,4,4 TETRAPHENYL 1,3 BUTADIENE; ALPHA-1,4,4-TETRAPHENYL-1,3-BUTADIENE; TERPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANISOTROPY; BUTADIENES; OPTICAL PROCESSES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TERPHENYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79551618355     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3524207     Document Type: Article

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