Exciton Structure and Dynamics in Solution Aggregates of a Low-Bandgap Copolymer

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 119, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 7666-7672

  Guo, Zhi ^a   Lee, Doyun ^a   Gao, Haifeng ^a   Huang, Libai ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CARBOXYLATION; COPOLYMERS; DYNAMICS; ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; POLYMERS;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CHARGE-SEPARATED STATE; DONOR-ACCEPTOR POLYMERS; EXCITON TRANSITIONS; ISOLATED POLYMER CHAINS; LOW BAND-GAP COPOLYMERS; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS; THIN FILM MORPHOLOGY;

EXCITONS;

EID: 84935031629     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp511949e     Document Type: Article

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