Direct observation of ultrafast coherent exciton dynamics in helical π-stacks of self-assembled perylene bisimides

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Sung, Jooyoung ^a   Kim, Pyosang ^a   Fimmel, Benjamin ^b   Würthner, Frank ^b   Kim, Dongho ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID; DYE; ELECTRON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMER;

EID: 84945156134     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9646     Document Type: Article

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