Regioregular poly(3-hexyl-thiophene) helical self-organization on carbon nanotubes

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Giulianini, Michele ^a   Waclawik, Eric R ^a   Bell, John M ^a   De Crescenzi, Maurizio ^b   Castrucci, Paola ^b   Scarselli, Manuela ^b   Motta, Nunzio ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRICAL CONSTRAINTS; MULTI-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; NANOTUBE SURFACE; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POLYMER WRAPPING; REGIO-REGULAR; RR-P3HT; SELF-ORGANIZATION;

CARBON NANOTUBES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; STEREOCHEMISTRY; THIOPHENE; VACUUM;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 67650434306     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3173825     Document Type: Article

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