Cumulative Effect of Ether Units on Electrochemical Behaviors of Self-assembled Monolayers and Multilayers of Tetrathiafulvalenyl-tetrathiol with Oligo-ethyleneoxy Linkages

Electrochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 8-10

  Nakai, Hidetaka ^a   Yoshihara, Masakuni ^a   Fujihara, Hisashi ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electropolymerized Films; Polythiol; Self assembled Monolayers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011013049     PISSN: 13443542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5796/electrochemistry.68.8     Document Type: Article

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