Dielectric function of undoped and doped poly[2-methoxy-5-(3′, 7′-dimethyloctyloxy)-1,4-phenylene-vinylene] by ellipsometry in a wide spectral range

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 42, 2013, Pages 22010-22016

  Gasiorowski, Jacek ^a   Hingerl, Kurt ^a   Menon, Reghu ^b   Plach, Thomas ^a   Neugebauer, Helmut ^a   Wiesauer, Karin ^c   Yumusak, Cigdem ^d   Sariciftci, Niyazi S ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c Research Center for Non Destructive Testing GmbH (RECENDT)   (Austria)

^d YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY;

COMPLEX REFRACTIVE INDEX; DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONS; ELLIPSOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; REAL AND IMAGINARY; REFLECTION AND TRANSMISSION; WIDE SPECTRAL RANGE;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 84886643529     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4061957     Document Type: Article

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