The unusual effect of bandgap lowering by C60 on a conjugated polymer

Advanced Materials

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 897-900

  Sonmez, Gursel ^a,b   Shen, Clifton K F ^a   Rubin, Yves ^a   Wudl, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MONOMERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

BANDGAP LOWERING; INDIUN TIN OXIDE (ITO); NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES; TETRABUTYLAMMONIUM PERCHLORATE (TBAP);

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 17244379019     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200306494     Document Type: Article

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