Critical role of side-chain attachment density on the order and device performance of polythiophenes

Macromolecules

Volumn 40, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 7960-7965

  Kline, R Joseph ^a   DeLongchamp, Dean M ^a   Fischer, Daniel A ^a   Lin, Eric K ^a   Richter, Lee J ^a   Chabinyc, Michael L ^b   Toney, Michael F ^c   Heeney, Martin ^d,f   McCulloch, Iain ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Merck Chemicals   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLTHIOPHENES; HIGH PERFORMANCE COPOLYMERS; SIDECHAIN ATTACHMENT DENSITY; SIDECHAIN INTERDIGITATION;

COPOLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

POLYMERS;

EID: 36048952073     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma0709001     Document Type: Article

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