Nanoscale Fibrils and Grids: Aggregated Structures from Rigid-Rod Conjugated Polymers

Macromolecules

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1500-1507

  Kim, Jinsang ^a,b   McHugh, Sean K ^a   Swager, Timothy M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS TRANSITION; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOLAYERS; PLASTIC FILMS;

POLYPHENYLENE ETHYNYLENES;

AROMATIC POLYMERS;

EID: 0033537576     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma981774r     Document Type: Article

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