Tuning the electronic coupling in a low-bandgap donor-acceptor copolymer via the placement of side-chains

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 134, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Oberhumer, Philipp M ^a   Huang, Ya Shih ^a   Massip, Sylvain ^a   James, David T ^b   Tu, Guoli ^c,e   Albert Seifried, Sebastian ^a   Beljonne, David ^d   Cornil, Jrme ^d   Kim, Ji Seon ^b   Huck, Wilhelm T S ^c   Greenham, Neil C ^a   Hodgkiss, Justin M ^a,f   Friend, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^e HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^f VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; BENZOTHIADIAZOLES; BLUE-SHIFTED; CHAIN CONFORMATIONS; CHARGE-TRANSFER ABSORPTION; DONOR AND ACCEPTOR; DONOR-ACCEPTOR CHARACTER; DONOR-ACCEPTOR COPOLYMERS; ELECTRONIC ABSORPTION; ELECTRONIC COUPLING; ELECTRONIC INTERACTIONS; ELECTRONIC TRANSITION; ENHANCED ABSORPTION; LUMINESCENCE EFFICIENCIES; PHENYLENEDIAMINES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; RAMAN MODES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC; SIDE CHAINS; SIDE-CHAIN; STERICALLY DEMANDING; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; THIENYL;

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; DISPLAY DEVICES; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

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EID: 79953197934     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3562936     Document Type: Article

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