Conjugated polymers and aromaticity

Chemical Reviews

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3448-3481

  Kertesz, Miklos ^a   Choi, Cheol Ho ^b   Yang, Shujiang ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENERGY GAP; GROUND STATE; ION EXCHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULES;

AROMATICITY; BOND ALTERNATION; CONJUGATED HETEROAROMATICS; GROUND STATE STRUCTURES; JAHN-TELLER EFFECTS; OLIGOMER SIZE DEPENDENCIES;

AROMATIC POLYMERS;

EID: 27744566839     PISSN: 00092665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cr990357p     Document Type: Review

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