Transient grating photoluminescence spectroscopy: An ultrafast method of gating broadband spectra

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1732-1737

  Chen, Kai ^a   Gallaher, Joseph K ^a   Barker, Alex J ^a   Hodgkiss, Justin M ^b  

^a MACDIARMID INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED MATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

broadband fluorescence; oligothiophene; polythiophene; transient grating; ultrafast fluorescence; carotene

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE;

BROADBAND FLUORESCENCE; OLIGOTHIOPHENES; POLY-THIOPHENE; TRANSIENT GRATING; ULTRA-FAST;

PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84901028962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz5006362     Document Type: Article

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