Localization of electronic excitations in conjugated polymers studied by DFT

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 566-571

  Nayyar, Iffat H ^a,c   Batista, Enrique R ^a   Tretiak, Sergei ^a,b,c   Saxena, Avadh ^a   Smith, D L ^a   Martin, Richard L ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; FUNCTIONALS; OLIGOPHENYLENES; SOLVENT EFFECTS; SPATIAL CONFINEMENT; SPATIAL EXTENT;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; EXCITONS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 79952808447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz101740w     Document Type: Article

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