Ultrafast photo-induced nuclear relaxation of a conformationally disordered conjugated polymer probed with transient absorption and femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopies

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Yu, Wenjian ^a   Donohoo Vallett, Paul J ^a   Zhou, Jiawang ^a   Bragg, Arthur E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITED STATES; EXCITONS; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

EXCITED-STATE DYNAMICS; FEMTOSECOND STIMULATED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIES; FEMTOSECOND-STIMULATED RAMAN; POLYCONJUGATED MOLECULES; RESONANT ENERGY TRANSFER; SPECTROSCOPIC SIGNATURES; VIBRATIONAL DISTORTIONS; VIBRATIONAL RELAXATION;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS;

EID: 84905668400     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4890326     Document Type: Article

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