Ultrafast energy transfer in ultrathin organic donor/acceptor blend

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kandada, Ajay Ram Srimath ^a,b   Grancini, Giulia ^b   Petrozza, Annamaria ^b   Perissinotto, Stefano ^b   Fazzi, Daniele ^b   Raavi, Sai Santosh Kumar ^b   Lanzani, Guglielmo ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

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EID: 84948758295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02073     Document Type: Article

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