Gel processing for highly oriented conjugated polymer films

Macromolecules

Volumn 41, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 9863-9868

  Alcazar, Daniel ^a   Wang, Fei ^a   Swager, Timothy M ^b   Thomas, Edwin L ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC GELS; CONJUGATED BACKBONES; FUNCTIONALIZED; GEL NETWORKS; GEL PROCESSING; HEXAFLUOROISOPROPANOL; MECHANICAL SHEARINGS; NETWORK STRUCTURES; NOVEL PROCESSING ROUTES; ORIENTED FILMS; POLYTHIOPHENE; SHEARING DIRECTIONS;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; GELATION; GELS; SHEARING; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 61849143387     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma8020739     Document Type: Article

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