Dendrimers as solubilizing groups for conducting polymers: Preparation and characterization of polythiophene functionalized exclusively with aliphatic ether convergent dendrons

Macromolecules

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 3634-3640

  Malenfant, Patrick R L ^a   Fréchet, Jean M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; IODINE; MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOMERS; PALLADIUM COMPOUNDS; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYMERIZATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

DENDRIMERS; POLYTHIOPHENE; SOLUBILIZERS;

CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS;

EID: 0343664394     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma000003w     Document Type: Article

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