Oriented nanostructures from single molecules of a semiconducting polymer: Polarization evidence for highly aligned intramolecular geometries

Nano Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 603-607

  Mehta, A ^a   Kumar, P ^b   Dadmun, M D ^b   Zheng, J ^c   Dickson, R M ^c   Thundat, T ^a   Sumpter, B G ^a   Barnes, M D ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY[2 METHOXY 5 (2' ETHYLHEXYLOXY) 1,4 PHENYLENE VINYLENE]; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONJUGATION; FLUORESCENCE; GEOMETRY; IMAGING; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULE; NANOPARTICLE; PHASE TRANSITION; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR; SIMULATION;

EID: 0141856498     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl0340733     Document Type: Article

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