Unusual solvent effects on chiroptical properties of an optically active regioregular polythiophene in solution

Chirality

Volumn 12, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 396-399

  Goto, Hidetoshi ^a   Yashima, Eiji ^a   Okamoto, Yoshio ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chiral aggregation; Induced circular dichroism; Polythiophene; Solvatochromism

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHIRALITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; OPTICAL DENSITY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLVATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0034116339     PISSN: 08990042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-636X(2000)12:5/6<396::AID-CHIR17>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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