Amphiphilic poly(p-phenylene)-driven multiscale assembly of fullerenes to nanowhiskers

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1429-1436

  Nurmawati, Muhammad Hanafiah ^a   Ajikumar, Parayil Kumaran ^a   Renu, Ravindranath ^a   Sow, Chorng Haur ^a   Valiyaveettil, Suresh ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Amphiphilic poly(p phenylene)s; Fullerene; Light emitting polymers; Nanostructured whiskers; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CARBON; FULLERENES; NANOSTRUCTURES; SELF ASSEMBLY; THICK FILMS;

ALIGNMENT OF COMPONENTS; AMPHIPHILIC; AMPHIPHILIC POLY(P-PHENYLENE)S; APPLICATIONS.; FULLERENE; LIGHT-EMITTING POLYMERS; MOLECULAR LEVELS; MORPHOLOGY CONTROLLED; MULTI SCALING; NANOSTRUCTURED WHISKERS; POLY(P PHENYLENE); PREPARATION METHODS; SELF- ASSEMBLIES; SELF-ASSEMBLED SYSTEMS; THIN FILMS;

HYBRID MATERIALS;

FULLERENE C60; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; NANOMATERIAL; POLYMER; POLYPHENYLENE SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; FULLERENES; HYDROPHOBICITY; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 49249108360     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn8001664     Document Type: Article

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