Theoretical characterization of phenylene-based oligomers, polymers, and dendrimers

Synthetic Metals

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 141-162

  Brocorens, P ^a   Zojer, E ^a,b   Cornil, J ^a   Shuai, Z ^a   Leising, G ^b   Mullen K ^c   Bredas J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OLIGOMERS;

DENDRIMERS; PHENYLENE BASED OLIGOMERS;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 0032661723     PISSN: 03796779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-6779(98)00163-5     Document Type: Article

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