Synthesis and properties of fluorinated ester-functionalized polythiophenes in supercritical carbon dioxide

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3406-3411

  Ganapathy, Hullathy Subban ^a   Hwang, Ha Soo ^a   Lim, Kwon Taek ^a  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ESTERS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERIZATION; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ESTER-FUNCTIONALIZED POLYTHIOPHENES; HOMOPOLYMERS; MOLAR COMPOSITIONS; POLYDISPERSIBILITY;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ESTERS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYMERIZATION; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 33744507958     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie050718t     Document Type: Article

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