Ultrafast relaxation of the poly(3-hexylthiophene) emission spectrum

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 115, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 9726-9739

  Banerji, Natalie ^a   Cowan, Sarah ^a   Vauthey, Eric ^b   Heeger, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUND EXCITON; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; CHLOROBENZENE SOLUTION; DELOCALIZATIONS; ELECTRONS AND HOLES; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; EMISSION WAVELENGTH; ENERGY BAND; EXCESS ENERGY; EXCITATION WAVELENGTH; EXCITON FORMATION; EXCITON HOPPING; FEMTOSECONDS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA; GLOBAL ANALYSIS; INTERBAND ABSORPTION; INTERCHAIN INTERACTIONS; INTERSYSTEM CROSSING; ISOLATED POLYMER CHAINS; LOWER ENERGIES; NON-RADIATIVE RECOMBINATIONS; PICOSECONDS; PLANARIZATION; POLARIZATION-SENSITIVE MEASUREMENTS; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POLYMER BACKBONES; PRIMARY EXCITATIONS; PRISTINE POLYMERS; SELF-LOCALIZATION; SINGLET EXCITONS; SOLID STATE FILMS; SPECTRAL CHANGE; SPECTRAL RED SHIFTS; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TIME CONSTANTS; TIME-RESOLVED EMISSION SPECTRA; TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE; TIME-SCALES; ULTRA-FAST; ULTRAFAST RELAXATION; UP-CONVERSION; VIBRONIC STRUCTURE;

ABSORPTION; CARRIER MOBILITY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; EXCITONS; FLUORESCENCE; PHOTOEXCITATION; POLARIZATION; POLYMER BLENDS;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS;

EID: 79956126236     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp1119348     Document Type: Article

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