Molecular-wire behaviour in p-phenylenevinylene oligomers

Nature

Volumn 396, Issue 6706, 1998, Pages 60-63

  Davis, William B ^a   Svec, Walter A ^b   Ratner, Mark A ^a   Wasielewski, Michael R ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OLIGOMER;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032487965     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/23912     Document Type: Article

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