Theoretical analysis on the optoelectronic properties of single crystals of thiophene-furan-phenylene Co-oligomers: Efficient photoluminescence due to molecular bending

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 8072-8078

  Tamura, Hiroyuki ^a   Hamada, Ikutaro ^a   Shang, Hui ^a   Oniwa, Kazuaki ^a   Akhtaruzzaman, Md ^a   Jin, Tienan ^a   Asao, Naoki ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshinori ^a   Kanagasekaran, Thangavel ^a   Shimotani, Hidekazu ^a   Ikeda, Susumu ^a   Tanigaki, Katsumi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; FRENKEL EXCITON MODEL; GUIDING PRINCIPLES; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE EFFICIENCY; TIME-DEPENDENT DFT; X RAY STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULES; OLIGOMERS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SINGLE CRYSTALS; THIOPHENE;

CRYSTAL SYMMETRY;

EID: 84876837185     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp400646n     Document Type: Article

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