Spatial and orientational templating of semiconducting polymers in a cholesteric liquid crystal

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 329-334

  Kang, Shin Woong ^a   Jin, Sung Ho ^b   Chien, Liang Chy ^a   Sprunt, Samuel ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; HYSTERESIS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ELECTRO-OPTIC CELLS; ORIENTATIONAL TEMPLATING; POLYMER CHAINS; POLYMER DENSITY;

SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 2342486090     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200305083     Document Type: Article

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