Meridional orientation in biaxially aligned thin films of hairy-rod polyfluorene

Crystal Growth and Design

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1706-1711

  Knaapila, Matti ^a,b   Hase, Thomas P A ^a   Torkkeli, Mika ^c   Stepanyan, Roman ^d   Bouchenoire, Laurence ^e   Cheun, Hyeun Seok ^f   Winokur, Michael J ^g   Monkman, Andrew P ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d DSM RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^e EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g University of Wisconsin Madison

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EID: 34748875418     PISSN: 15287483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cg0607295     Document Type: Conference Paper

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