Exciton-lattice phonon coupling in organic semiconductor crystals beyond the static disorder

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 49, 2013, Pages 26248-26254

  Raimondo, Luisa ^a   Silvestri, Leonardo ^b   Borghesi, Alessandro ^a   Tavazzi, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE-CARRIER MOBILITY; CONJUGATED ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; EXCITON-PHONON COUPLINGS; MOLECULAR AGGREGATE; SEMICONDUCTOR CRYSTALS; STATIC AND DYNAMIC DISORDER; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

PHONONS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

EXCITONS;

EID: 84890530513     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp409611q     Document Type: Article

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