Two-dimensional spatial coherence of excitons in semicrystalline polymeric semiconductors: Effect of molecular weight

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 15, 2013, Pages

  Paquin, Francis ^a   Yamagata, Hajime ^b   Hestand, Nicholas J ^b   Sakowicz, Maciej ^a   Bérubé, Nicolas ^a   Côté, Michel ^a   Reynolds, Luke X ^c   Haque, Saif A ^c   Stingelin, Natalie ^c   Spano, Frank C ^b   Silva, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Temple University   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84885192443     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.88.155202     Document Type: Article

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