Instability and Dewetting of Conducting-Insulating Polymer Thin-Film Bilayers

Macromolecular Rapid Communications

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 275-279

  Chattopadhyay, Santanu ^a   Meredith, J Carson ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilayer; Combinatorial; Conducting polymers; Dewetting; High throughput; Thin films

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC INSULATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); POLYSTYRENES; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

DEWETTING; UNSTABLE INTERFACE;

THIN FILMS;

POLY(3 OCTYLTHIOPHENE); POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE; SILICON; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; FILM; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERIZATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0442278954     PISSN: 10221336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/marc.200300150     Document Type: Article

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