Effect of substituents on optical properties and charge-carrier polarity of squaraine dyes

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1793-1799

  Della Pelle, Andrea M ^a   Homnick, Paul J ^a   Bae, Youngju ^a   Lahti, Paul M ^a   Thayumanavan, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE-CARRIER MOBILITY; COPLANARITY; ELECTRON-DONATING; ELECTRONWITHDRAWING; INTRAMOLECULAR CHARGE TRANSFERS; LONG WAVELENGTH; SQUARAINE DYES; TRIARYLAMINES;

FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HYDROGEN BONDS;

MOLECULES;

EID: 84893314841     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp410362d     Document Type: Article

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