Separating solvent and conformational effects on the photophysics of a homologous progression of N-terminated phenylenevinylene oligomers

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 36, 2013, Pages 18353-18366

  Costa, Telma ^a,b   Di Paolo, Roberto E ^c   Garner, Logan E ^b   Thomas, Alexander W ^b   Almeida, João A S ^a   Justino, Licínia L G ^a,d   Maçanita, António L ^c   Bazan, Guillermo C ^b   Burrows, Hugh D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION AND PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; CONFORMATIONAL RELAXATION; KINETIC CHARACTERISTICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PHENYLENEVINYLENE OLIGOMERS; SOLVATOCHROMIC PROPERTIES; TIME-RESOLVED EMISSIONS; TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE;

CHAIN LENGTH; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SOLVENTS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

OLIGOMERS;

EID: 84884180967     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp406048g     Document Type: Article

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