Pentacene-based dendrimers: Synthesis and thin film photoconductivity measurements of branched pentacene oligomers

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 5017-5024

  Lehnherr, Dan ^a   Gao, Jianbo ^a   Hegmann, Frank A ^a   Tykwinski, Rik R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; HYDROXY GROUPS; PENTACENE; SOLUTION CAST; UNSYMMETRICAL; YIELD MEASUREMENT;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DENDRIMERS; ESTERS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OLIGOMERS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOTOCURRENTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THIN FILMS;

SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

1,3,5 BENZENETRICARBOXYLIC ACID; DENDRIMER; OLIGOMER; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PENTACENE; POLYMER; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ESTERIFICATION; FILM; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 67650373912     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo9007089     Document Type: Article

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