Chain-Growth Polymerization for Poly(3-hexylthiophene) with a Defined Molecular Weight and a Low Polydispersity

Macromolecules

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1169-1171

  Yokoyama, Akihiro ^a   Miyakoshi, Ryo ^a   Yokozawa, Tsutomu ^a,b  

^a KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOMERS; NICKEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYCONDENSATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CHAIN-GROWTH POLYMERIZATION; POLYDISPERSITY;

POLYMERS;

EID: 1642338128     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma035396o     Document Type: Article

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