Tracking of single charge carriers in a conjugated polymer nanoparticle

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1300-1306

  Yu, Jiangbo ^a   Wu, Changfeng ^a,b   Tian, Zhiyuan ^a,c   McNeill, Jason ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

carrier dynamics; conjugated polymer; hole polaron; Nanoscale tracking

Indexed keywords

CARRIER DYNAMICS; DARK SPOTS; HOLE POLARON; MOTION OF INDIVIDUAL; NANO SCALE; ORGANIC NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYMER NANOPARTICLES; SINGLE CHARGE CARRIERS; SINGLE NANOPARTICLE; SMALL DISPLACEMENT; SUPERQUENCHING; ZERO FIELDS;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; POLARONS;

CHARGE CARRIERS;

FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; NANOMATERIAL; POLY((9,9 DIOCTYLFLUORENYL 2,7 DIYL) CO (1,4 BENZO (2,1',3) THIADIAZOLE)); POLY((9,9-DIOCTYLFLUORENYL-2,7-DIYL)-CO-(1,4-BENZO-(2,1',3)-THIADIAZOLE)); POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

FLUORENES; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84858259002     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl203784m     Document Type: Article

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