Ultrafast dynamics of excitons in tetracene single crystals

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 140, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Birech, Zephania ^a,d   Schwoerer, Markus ^b   Schmeiler, Teresa ^c   Pflaum, Jens ^c   Schwoerer, Heinrich ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMTOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; MUTUAL ANNIHILATION; THERMALLY ACTIVATED; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; TRANSITION STATE; TRIPLET-TRIPLET ANNIHILATION; ULTRA-FAST DYNAMICS; VISIBLE SPECTRAL RANGE;

DYNAMICS;

EXCITONS;

EID: 84897824118     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4867696     Document Type: Article

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