Rotational conformational energetics of stiff aromatic polyimides: Effects of exchange repulsions, dipole-moiety interactions, and π-conjugations

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 10201-10206

  Cui, Chunzhi ^a   Cho, Seung Joo ^a   Kim, Kwang S ^a   Baehr, Christoph ^a   Jung, Jin Chul ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

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EID: 0041920269     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.474156     Document Type: Article

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