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Title: Investigating Aggregation and Excited State Dynamics During Deposition of a Phthalocyanine:Fullerene System
This study seeks to illuminate the aggregation and excited state dynamics of intercalated phthalocyanine:fullerene thin films during deposition viain situUV-vis spectroscopy and a spatially encoded transient absorption (TA) spectroscopy.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1752129
PAR ID:
10495784
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Optica Publishing Group
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science 2023 (FiO, LS) Technical Digest Series
ISBN:
978-1-957171-29-6
Page Range / eLocation ID:
JTu5A.9
Format(s):
Medium: X
Location:
Tacoma, Washington
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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