Amplified quenching of conjugated polymer nanoparticle photoluminescence for robust measurement of exciton diffusion length

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 20, 2013, Pages

  Bjorgaard, Josiah A ^a   Köse, Muhammet E ^a,b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL METROLOGY INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; DIFFUSION; EXCITONS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; TITRATION;

CONJUGATED MATERIALS; EXCITON DIFFUSION LENGTH; EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY; NANOPARTICLE (NPS); POLYMER NANOPARTICLES; QUENCHING EFFICIENCY; ROBUST MEASUREMENT; STERN-VOLMER CONSTANTS;

QUENCHING;

EID: 84879070574     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4807415     Document Type: Article

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