Blue-emitting poly[(m-phenylene vinylene)-alt-(o-phenylene vinylene)]s: The effect of regioregularity on the optical properties

Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 2650-2658

  Liao, Liang ^a   Pang, Yi ^a   Ding, Liming ^b   Karasz, Frank E ^b  

^a CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjugated polymers; Fluorescence; Light emitting diodes (LED)

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE; ISOMERS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYCONDENSATION; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SOLUBILITY; SOLUTIONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

POLY-M-PHENYLENE VINYLENE; POLYO-PHENYLENE VINYLENE; REGIOREGULARITY; TETRAHYDROFURAN;

VINYL RESINS;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0042324067     PISSN: 0887624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pola.10810     Document Type: Article

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