Measurement of exciton transport in conjugated polymer nanoparticles

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 48, 2013, Pages 25748-25755

  Groff, Louis C ^a   Wang, Xiaoli ^a   Mcneill, Jason D ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION CONSTANT; EFFICIENT ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITED STATE KINETICS; EXCITON DIFFUSION LENGTH; FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA; NANOPARTICLE SIZES; POLYMER NANOPARTICLES; TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; DEFECTS; DIFFUSION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; QUENCHING;

EXCITONS;

EID: 84890333981     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp407065h     Document Type: Article

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