Suppression of energy-transfer between conjugated polymers in a ternary blend identified using scanning near-field optical microscopy

Advanced Materials

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 2713-2719

  Cadby, Ashley ^a   Dean, Richard ^a   Jones, Richard A L ^a   Lidzey, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

POLYFLUORENE; RAMAN MAPPING; SPECTROSCOPIC MAPPING;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 33750526439     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200600114     Document Type: Article

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