Highly luminescent poly[(m-phenylenevinylene)-alt-(p-phenylenevinylene)] with defined conjugation length and improved solubility

Macromolecules

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3946-3950

  Pang, Yi ^a   Li, Juan ^a   Hu, Bin ^b   Karasz, Frank E ^b  

^a CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; CONDENSATION; ELECTRON EMISSION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LUMINESCENCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERIZATION; SOLUBILITY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CONJUGATION; DEGREE OF POLYMERIZATION; PHOTOABSORPTION; WITTIG CONDENSATION;

AROMATIC POLYMERS;

EID: 0032630819     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma990147e     Document Type: Article

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