The production and characterisation of novel conducting redox-active oligomeric thin films from electrooxidised indolo[3,2,l-jk]carbazole

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 5482-5490

  Wharton, Stuart I ^a   Henry, John B ^a   McNab, Hamish ^a   Mount, Andrew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conducting materiais; Electrochemistry; Luminescence; Synthesis design; Thin films

Indexed keywords

BORONIC ACID; CATION COUPLING; CHARACTERISATION; CONDUCTING MATERIAIS; COUPLING PATTERN; COUPLING RATE; DIMERIC SPECIES; ELECTROACTIVE; FLASH VACUUM PYROLYSIS; GRAM SCALE; LUMINESCENT DIMER; MOLECULAR FILMS; N-HETEROCYCLIC; OXIDATION POTENTIALS; POLYMERIC PRODUCTS; REDOX-ACTIVE; ROTATING DISC ELECTRODE; STEADY-STATE CURRENTS; SUZUKI-MIYAURA COUPLING; SYNTHESIS DESIGN; UNPAIRED ELECTRONS;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT EMISSION; OLIGOMERS; OXIDATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THIN FILMS;

CONDUCTIVE FILMS;

EID: 66249116674     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200900097     Document Type: Article

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