Layered self-organized structures on poly(3-octylthiophene) thin films studied by scanning probe microscopy

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2506-2515

  Abad, Jose ^a   Pérez García, Beatriz ^a   Urbina, Antonio ^b   Colchero, Jaime ^a   Palacios Lidón, Elisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Layered structures; P3OT (poly (3 octylthiophene)); Self organisation; SFM (scanning force microscopy)

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DROPS; FLUID MECHANICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PLASTIC COATINGS; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; SCANNING; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SOLVENTS; SPIN COATING; SPIN DYNAMICS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THICK FILMS;

3-OCTYLTHIOPHENE; DROP-CASTING; LAYERED STRUCTURED; LAYERED STRUCTURES; MORPHOLOGY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; P3OT (POLY-(3-OCTYLTHIOPHENE)); POLY-3-OCTYLTHIOPHENE; PREPARATION CONDITIONS; SAMPLE PREPARATIONS; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPIES; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SELF-ASSEMBLED STRUCTURES; SELF-ORGANISATION; SELF-ORGANIZED STRUCTURES; SFM (SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY); SOLVENT CONCENTRATIONS; SPIN COATINGS; THIN FILMS; TWO LAYERS;

FILM PREPARATION;

EID: 49149106334     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2008.05.019     Document Type: Article

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