Fine structures in the spherulites of regioregular poly(3-dodecylthiophene)

Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 205, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1269-1273

  Wang, Wei ^a   Toh, Kee Chua ^b   Tjiu, Chauhari Wuiwui ^b  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Microstructures; Morphology; Regioregular poly(3 dodecylthiophene); Spherulites

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MACROMOLECULES; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY SCATTERING;

REGIOREGULAR POLYMERS; SPHERULITES; STRIPE-LIKE STRUCTURES;

POLYMERS;

THIOPHENE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FILM; MACROMOLECULE; MICROSCOPY; ORIENTATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 4544231620     PISSN: 10221352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/macp.200400051     Document Type: Article

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