Quantitative description of interactions between linear organic chromophores

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 137, Issue 22, 2012, Pages

  Denis, Jean Christophe ^a   Schumacher, Stefan ^b   Galbraith, Ian ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION SCHEME; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONJUGATED POLYMER THIN FILMS; DIPOLE APPROXIMATION; DIPOLE INTERACTION; EXCITATION TRANSFER; INTERACTION MATRICES; LARGE SCALE SIMULATIONS; ORGANIC CHROMOPHORES; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; RELATIVE ORIENTATION;

MOLECULES; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SEPARATION;

CHROMOPHORES;

EID: 84871200419     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4768244     Document Type: Article

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