Intramolecular exciton diffusion in poly(3-hexylthiophene)

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 3445-3449

  Healy, Andrew T ^a   Boudouris, Bryan W ^b   Frisbie, C Daniel ^a   Hillmyer, Marc A ^a   Blank, David A ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conjugated polymer; energy transfer; thiophene fullerene triad

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION LENGTH; EMISSION QUENCHING; EXCITON DIFFUSION; INTRACHAIN EXCITONS; MORPHOLOGICAL DESIGN; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); QUENCHING MECHANISMS; SINGLE CHAINS;

CARRIER MOBILITY; CHAINS; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; DIFFUSION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FULLERENES;

EXCITONS;

EID: 84886007677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz401694j     Document Type: Article

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