Semiconducting polymers via microwave-assisted Suzuki and Stille cross-coupling reactions

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 352-356

  Nehls, Benjamin S ^a   Asawapirom, Udom ^a   Füldner, Stefan ^b   Preis, Eduard ^a   Farrell, Tony ^a   Scherf, Ullrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERS; ELECTRONS; MICROWAVES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOMERS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CONVENTIONAL HEATING; CROSS-COUPLING REACTIONS; LADDER POLYMERS; STILLE COUPLING REACTIONS;

SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 2342513496     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200400010     Document Type: Article

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