Ultrafast Dynamics Investigation on Efficient NDT-based Small Molecule Heterojunctions （Invited）

Guangliu RAN; Liang ZHOU; Hao WU; Haijun FAN; Shumei SUN; Xiaozhang ZHU; Wenkai ZHANG

doi:10.3788/gzxb20215008.0850213

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