Poly(triacetylene) oligomers: Synthesis, characterization, and estimation of the effective conjugation length by electrochemical, UV/Vis, and nonlinear optical methods

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1505-1512

  Martin, Rainer E ^a   Gubler, Ulrich ^a   Boudon, Corinne ^b   Gramlich, Volker ^a   Bosshard, Christian ^a   Gisselbrecht, Jean Paul ^b   Günter, Peter ^a   Gross, Maurice ^b   Diederich, François ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Conjugation length; Electrochemistry; Nonlinear optics; Oligomers; Poly (triacetylene)s

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030774364     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.19970030919     Document Type: Article

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