Structure of the Charge-Transfer State in PM6/Y6 and PM6/Y6:YT Composites Studied by Electron Spin Echo Technique
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Lukina, E.A.; Kulikova, A.V.; Uvarov, M.N.; Popov, A.A.; Liu, M.; Zhang, Y.; Kulik, L.V. Structure of the Charge-Transfer State in PM6/Y6 and PM6/Y6:YT Composites Studied by Electron Spin Echo Technique. Nanomanufacturing 2023, 3, 123-134. https://doi.org/10.3390/nanomanufacturing3020008
Lukina EA, Kulikova AV, Uvarov MN, Popov AA, Liu M, Zhang Y, Kulik LV. Structure of the Charge-Transfer State in PM6/Y6 and PM6/Y6:YT Composites Studied by Electron Spin Echo Technique. Nanomanufacturing. 2023; 3(2):123-134. https://doi.org/10.3390/nanomanufacturing3020008
Chicago/Turabian StyleLukina, Ekaterina A., Aina V. Kulikova, Mikhail N. Uvarov, Alexander A. Popov, Ming Liu, Yong Zhang, and Leonid V. Kulik. 2023. "Structure of the Charge-Transfer State in PM6/Y6 and PM6/Y6:YT Composites Studied by Electron Spin Echo Technique" Nanomanufacturing 3, no. 2: 123-134. https://doi.org/10.3390/nanomanufacturing3020008