Giant infrared absorption bands of electrons and holes in conjugated molecules

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zamadar, Matibur ^a   Asaoka, Sadayuki ^a   Grills, David C ^a   Miller, John R ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUNTERION; FLUORENE; OLIGOMER; POLYMER; THIOPHENE;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; ANION; CATION; ELECTRON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; POLYMER; RADICAL; SYMMETRY;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONJUGATION; DIPOLE; ELECTRON; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; PULSE RADIOLYSIS; VIBRATION;

EID: 84889565088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3818     Document Type: Article

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