Chemistry: Direct visualization of the formation of single-molecule conjugated copolymers

Science

Volumn 310, Issue 5750, 2005, Pages 1002-1006

  Sakaguchi, Hiroshi ^a,b   Matsumura, Hisashi ^a   Gong, Hui ^a   Abouelwafa, Abdelkarim M ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERIZATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GOLD; IODINE; MONOMERS; VISUALIZATION;

ELECTROCHEMICAL POLARIZATION; THIOPHENE MONOMERS;

COPOLYMERS;

COPOLYMER; GOLD; IODINE; MONOMER; POLYMER; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

CHEMISTRY;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONJUGATE; DEVICE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; MOTION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 27744480229     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1117990     Document Type: Article

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