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THIS report demonstrates that the analysis of experimental radioluminescence decay curves provides estimates of the diffusion coefficient of triplet excitons produced by ionizing particles in aromatic materials; the values obtained are in accordance with the hopping model calculation.
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VOLTZ, R., DUPONT, H. & KING, T. Diffusion of Triplet Excitons produced by Ionizing Radiation in Aromatic Materials. Nature 211, 405–406 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/211405a0
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