Monodisperse poly(triacetylene) oligomers extending from monomer to hexadecamer: Joint experimental and theoretical investigation of physical properties

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 3622-3635

  Martin, Rainer E ^a   Gubler, Ulrich ^a   Cornil, Jérôme ^b   Balakina, Marina ^b   Boudon, Corinne ^c   Bosshard, Christian ^a   Gisselbrecht, Jean Paul ^c   Diederich, François ^a   Günter, Peter ^a   Gross, Maurice ^c   Brédas, Jean Luc ^b,d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d Faculté de Chimie ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alkynes; Conjugation; Molecular wires; Nonlinear optics; Oligomers

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE DERIVATIVE; OLIGOMER;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONJUGATION; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; IONIZATION; OLIGOMERIZATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0034596921     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-3765(20001002)6:19<3622::AID-CHEM3622>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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