Synthesis and optical properties of thermotropic polythiophene and poly(p-phenylene) derivatives

Macromolecules

Volumn 31, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 8051-8057

  Chen, Shaw H ^a,b   Conger, Brooke M ^a,b   Mastrangelo, John C ^a   Kende, Andrew S ^a,c   Kim, Dong U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b University of Rochester   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOMERS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL FILMS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

POLYPHENYLENE; POLYTHIOPHENE;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 0032203639     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma980945p     Document Type: Article

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