Charging and discharging of single conjugated-polymer nanoparticles

Nature Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 680-685

  Palacios, Rodrigo E ^a   Fan, Fu Ren F ^a   Grey, John K ^a   Suk, Jungdon ^a   Bard, Allen J ^a   Barbara, Paul F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; HOLE TRAPS; OXIDATION; POSITIVE IONS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SPECTROELECTROCHEMISTRY;

HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA; ORGANIC MATERIALS; ORGANICS; REVERSIBLE HOLE-INJECTION CHARGING PROCESS;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 34548389223     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1959     Document Type: Article

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