Influence of alkyl chain length on the gelation mechanism of thermoreversible gels of regioregular poly(3-alkyl thiophenes) in xylene

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 2528-2537

  Malik, Sudip ^a   Nandi, Arun K ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Conducting polymers; Conformational analysis; Crystallization; Gelation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CONFORMATIONS; CRYSTALLIZATION; GELATION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONFORMATIONAL ANALYSIS; GELATION RATE;

XYLENE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; FIBER MANUFACTURE; GEL; ORGANIC POLYMER;

EID: 33846193145     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: 10974628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.25050     Document Type: Article

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