Self-assembly of a conjugated polymer: From molecular rods to a nanoribbon architecture with molecular dimensions

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2312-2317

  Samorí, Paolo ^a   Francke, Viola ^b   Müllen, Klaus ^b   Rabe, Jürgen P ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Molecular devices; Phenyleneethynylenes; Scanning force microscopy; Scanning tunneling microscopy; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEVICE; ELECTRONICS; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERIZATION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0032839634     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3765(19990802)5:8<2312::AID-CHEM2312>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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