Controlled growth of polypyrrole thin films by polymerization-induced adsorption

Chemistry Letters

Volumn , Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-20

  Ichinose, Izumi ^a   Miyauchi, Haruko ^a   Tanaka, Masayoshi ^a   Kunitake, Toyoki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0032381579     PISSN: 03667022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/cl.1998.19     Document Type: Article

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