Structural and spectroscopic investigations of bulk poly[bis(2-ethyl) hexylfluorene]

Macromolecules

Volumn 37, Issue 25, 2004, Pages 9438-9448

  Tanto, B ^a   Guha, S ^c   Martin, C M ^c   Scherf, U ^b   Winokur, M J ^a  

^a Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENANTIOMERS; INTERCHAIN ELECTRONIC PATHWAYS; OPTICAL ACTIVITY; THERMOCHROMISM;

COOLING; GLASS TRANSITION; HEATING; ISOMERS; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; RAMAN SCATTERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 10844256705     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma049006p     Document Type: Article

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