Redox states of long oligothiophenes: Two polarons on a single chain

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1509-1522

  Van Haare, John A E H ^a   Havinga, Edsko E ^a   Van Dongen, Joost L J ^a   Janssen, René A J ^a   Cornil, Jérôme ^b   Brédas, Jean Luc ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Conducting materials; Oligomers; Pi interactions; Radical ions; Redox chemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031877896     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-3765(19980807)4:8<1509::aid-chem1509>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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