Probing inter- and intrachain exciton coupling in isolated poly(3-hexylthiophene) nanofibers: Effect of solvation and regioregularity

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1674-1679

  Baghgar, Mina ^a   Labastide, Joelle ^a   Bokel, Felicia ^a   Dujovne, Irene ^a   McKenna, Aidan ^b   Barnes, Austin M ^a   Pentzer, Emily ^a   Emrick, Todd ^a   Hayward, Ryan ^a   Barnes, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAIN PACKING; ELECTRONIC ORIGIN; INTRACHAIN EXCITONS; LONG RANGE ORDERS; PL INTENSITY; PL SPECTRA; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); RED-SHIFTED; REGIO-REGULAR; REGIOREGULARITY; SPECTRAL MEASUREMENT; STRUCTURAL COHERENCE LENGTH; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

NANOFIBERS;

CARRIER MOBILITY;

EID: 84863702919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz3005909     Document Type: Article

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