Energy transfer in supramolecular materials for new applications in photonics and electronics

NPG Asia Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Wong, Ken Tsung ^a   Bassani, Dario M ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; ENERGY TRANSFER;

COMPLEX ARCHITECTURES; EFFICIENT ENERGY TRANSFER; ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS; EXCITON DELOCALIZATION; INTER-MOLECULAR FORCES; MOLECULAR COMPONENTS; MOLECULAR CONSTITUENTS; SUPRAMOLECULAR MATERIALS;

SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84905263104     PISSN: 18844049     EISSN: 18844057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/am.2014.53     Document Type: Review

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