Singlet exciton fission in thin films of tert -butyl-substituted terrylenes

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 119, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 4151-4161

  Eaton, Samuel W ^a   Miller, Stephen A ^a   Margulies, Eric A ^a   Shoer, Leah E ^a   Schaller, Richard D ^a,b   Wasielewski, Michael R ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORES; THIN FILMS;

CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGIES; FEMTOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; FILM CRYSTALLINITY; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; SINGLET EXCITONS; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION DATA; TRIPLET EXCITONS; YIELD MEASUREMENT;

EXCITONS;

EID: 84929011850     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b02719     Document Type: Article

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