H- and J-aggregate behavior in polymeric semiconductors

Annual Review of Physical Chemistry

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 477-500

  Spano, Frank C ^a   Silva, Carlos ^b,c  

^a Temple University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

conjugated polymers; H aggregates; J aggregates

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CHAINS; POLYMER FILMS; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AGGREGATE BEHAVIOR; ELECTRONIC INTERACTIONS; EXCITONIC INTERACTION; H-AGGREGATES; J AGGREGATES; PHOTOPHYSICS; POLYMER ASSEMBLIES; POLYMERIC SEMICONDUCTORS; SMALL MOLECULES; THROUGH-BOND INTERACTIONS;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS;

POLY(2-METHOXY-5-(2'-ETHYLHEXYLOXY)-P-PHENYLENEVINYLENE); POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLYACETYLENE DERIVATIVE; POLYDIACETYLENE; POLYMER; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR;

MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POLYACETYLENES; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTORS; THIOPHENES; VINYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84897548200     PISSN: 0066426X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physchem-040513-103639     Document Type: Article

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