Electrosyntheses and characterization of polyalkylenedioxybenzenes

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 171-188

  Liu, Houting ^a,b   Li, Yuzhen ^a   Xu, Jingkun ^a,b   Le, Zhanggao ^a,b   Luo, Mingbiao ^b   Wang, Baoshan ^c   Pu, Shouzhi ^a   Shen, Liang ^a  

^a Nanchang Normal University   (China)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Conducting polymers; Electrochemical polymerization; PEDOT; Poly(para phenylene); Polythiophene

Indexed keywords

ANODIC OXIDATION; ELECTROPOLYMERIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PLATINUM ALLOYS; POLYACETYLENES; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SHEET METAL;

GREEN LIGHT UNDER EXCITATION; POLYACETYLENE DERIVATIVES;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 37549030163     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2007.10.009     Document Type: Article

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