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Exciton and Charge-Transfer Dynamics in Polymer Semiconductors

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Quantum Dynamics of Complex Molecular Systems

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Bittner, E.R., Ramon, J.G.S. (2007). Exciton and Charge-Transfer Dynamics in Polymer Semiconductors. In: Micha, D.A., Burghardt, I. (eds) Quantum Dynamics of Complex Molecular Systems. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 83. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34460-5_3

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