Second-order dispersion interactions in -conjugated polymers

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 134, Issue 23, 2011, Pages

  Barford, William ^a   Paiboonvorachat, Nattapong ^a   Yaron, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FLUCTUATION; DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; DIPOLE DIPOLE INTERACTIONS; DIPOLE INTERACTION; DIPOLE-DIPOLE; DISPERSION INTERACTION; EIGENSTATES; ELECTRON HOLE; LARGE-SCALE CALCULATION; LATTICE SPACING; LIGHT EMITTING POLYMER; MODEL SYSTEM; PARISER-PARR-POPLE MODEL; POLY(PARA-PHENYLENE); PRIMARY EXCITATIONS; ROOT MEAN SQUARES; SECOND-ORDER DISPERSION; TRANS-POLYACETYLENE;

ACETYLENE; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; DISPERSIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; EXCITONS; GROUND STATE;

EXCITED STATES;

EID: 79959710372     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3600342     Document Type: Article

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