Crystallization and melting behavior of regioregular poly(3- dodecylthiophene)

Polymer

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2781-2793

  Liu, S L ^a,b   Chung, T S ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Melting; Regioregular poly(3 dodecylthiophene)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MELTING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

POLYDODECYLTHIOPHENE;

CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS;

POLYMER; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; MELTING POINT; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

EID: 0342614909     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(99)00490-5     Document Type: Article

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