A second look at polythieno[3,4-b]pyrazines: Chemical vs electrochemical polymerization and its effect on band gap

Macromolecules

Volumn 36, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 6298-6299

  Kenning, Don D ^a   Rasmussen, Seth C ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYISOTHIANAPHTHENE; POLYTHIENOL PYRAZINES; POLYTHIOPHENES;

CHELATION; CONFORMATIONS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROPOLYMERIZATION; ENERGY GAP; OXIDATION; POLYMERIZATION;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 0042320918     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma034831b     Document Type: Article

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