Magneto-dielectric effects induced by optically-generated intermolecular charge-transfer states in organic semiconducting materials

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zang, Huidong ^a   Yan, Liang ^a   Li, Mingxing ^a   He, Lei ^a   Gai, Zheng ^b   Ivanov, Ilia ^b   Wang, Min ^c   Chiang, Long ^c   Urbas, Augustine ^d   Hu, Bin ^a  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^d AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84885167096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02812     Document Type: Article

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