Cooperative singlet and triplet exciton transport in tetracene crystals visualized by ultrafast microscopy

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 785-792

  Wan, Yan ^a   Guo, Zhi ^b   Zhu, Tong ^a   Yan, Suxia ^b   Johnson, Justin ^c   Huang, Libai ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84942092444     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2348     Document Type: Article

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