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Photophysics of nanomaterials for opto-electronic applications Kahmann, Simon
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Photophysics of nanomaterials for opto-electronic
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1. Photoexcitation of polymers can generate free charge carriers. Polarons in donor-acceptor polymers delocalise in inter- and intra-chain direction despite the absence of extended crystallinity.
2. Ultrafast energy transfer can boost the efficiency of ternary organic solar cells.
3. Electronic states in polymer wrapped carbon nanotubes hybridise.
4. A rapid charge transfer between polymers and colloidal quantum dots de-pends on the surface ligand of the latter.
5. Trap states in PbS colloidal quantum dots exhibit two distinct distributions that shift into the band gap upon decreasing the particle size.
6. Energetically broad processes in the mid infrared spectral region can interact with narrow molecular vibrational modes, leading to Fano resonances. 7. True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.
- Karl R. Popper 8. The ideal scientist is driven by curiosity. Real ones are often pushed by
vanity and competition.
9. As a scientist, you can find great pleasure and invest a lot of your time explo-ring certain problems. What you might discover is that nobody else cares. 10. Strange women lying in ponds, distributing swords is no basis for a system
of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate of the masses and not some farcical aquatic ceremony.
