Singlet fission in poly(9,9′-di-n-octylfluorene) films

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 10277-10284

  Tamai, Yasunari ^a   Ohkita, Hideo ^a,b   Benten, Hiroaki ^a   Ito, Shinzaburo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITATION INTENSITY; PAIR DISSOCIATION; SINGLET EXCITED STATE; SINGLET EXCITONS; SINGLET-SINGLET ANNIHILATION; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES; TRIPLET EXCITONS; TRIPLET-TRIPLET ANNIHILATION;

EXCITONS;

AMORPHOUS FILMS;

EID: 84878156529     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp400973d     Document Type: Article

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