Oxidative chemical vapor deposition of electrically conducting poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) films

Macromolecules

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 5326-5329

  Lock, John P ^a   Im, Sung Gap ^a   Gleason, Karen K ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATS FIBERS; POLYSTYRENESULFONATE;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

PLASTIC FILMS;

EID: 33748310930     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma060113o     Document Type: Article

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