Ordered stacking of regioregular head-to-tail polyalkylthiophenes: Insights from the crystal structure of form I' poly(3-n-butylthiophene)

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 78-87

  Arosio, Paolo ^a,b   Moreno, Margherita ^a,b   Famulari, Antonino ^a,b   Raos, Guido ^a,b   Catellani, Marinella ^b   Meille, Stefano Valdo ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MODEL STRUCTURES; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMORPHISM; REFINING; RIETVELD ANALYSIS; RIETVELD METHOD; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; THIOPHENE;

ADJACENT LAYERS; ALKYLTHIOPHENES; AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHTS; CRYSTAL MODELS; CRYSTAL POLYMORPHS; CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIORS; DETAILED MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; FORCE FIELDS; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHTS; LATTICE PARAMETERS; LOWER-ENERGY STRUCTURES; ORDERED STACKING; POLYALKYLTHIOPHENES; POLYCRYSTALLINE SAMPLES; POLYTHIOPHENE; POLYTHIOPHENE CHAINS; POTENTIAL ENERGY MINIMUM; REFINED STRUCTURES; REGIO REGULARS; SPACE GROUPS; STACKING INTERACTIONS; STACKING PERIODICITIES; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; THERMAL BEHAVIORS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION PATTERNS; XRD PATTERNS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 61849133807     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm802168e     Document Type: Article

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