Faraday rotation measurements on thin films of regioregular alkyl-substituted polythiophene derivatives

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 112, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 8032-8037

  Gangopadhyay, Palash ^a   Voorakaranam, Ramakrishna ^a   Lopez Santiago, Alejandra ^a   Foerier, Stijn ^b   Thomas, Jayan ^a   Norwood, Robert A ^a   Persoons, Andre ^a,b   Peyghambarian, Nasser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR BIREFRINGENCE; FARADAY ROTATION; MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS; POLYTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVES; RECIPROCAL EFFECTS; REGIO-REGULAR; REGIOREGULAR POLYTHIOPHENE; SUPRAMOLECULAR ORGANIZATIONS; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS;

ABS RESINS; ROTATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THICK FILMS; THIN FILMS;

ULTRATHIN FILMS;

EID: 53349174365     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp800829h     Document Type: Article

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