All-conjugated block copolymers

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1086-1097

  Scherf, Ullrich ^a   Gutacker, Andrea ^a   Koenen, Nils ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

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EID: 53549097073     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar7002539     Document Type: Article

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