Multicolour self-assembled fluorene co-oligomers: From molecules to the solid state via white-light-emitting organogels

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 38, 2009, Pages 9737-9746

  Abbel, Robert ^a   Van Der Weegen, Rob ^a   Pisula, Wojciech ^b   Surin, Mathieu ^c   Leclere, Philippe ^a,c   Lazzaroni, Roberto ^c   Meijer, E W ^a   Schenning, Albertus P H J ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Energy transfer; Fluorenem; Gels; Liquid crystals; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOURS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CO-OLIGOMERS; DILUTE SOLUTION; FLUORENEM; FLUORENES; HIERARCHICAL SELF-ASSEMBLY; MOLECULAR MODELLING; ORGANOGELS; SELF-ASSEMBLE; SELF-ASSEMBLED; VISIBLE RANGE; WHITE LIGHT;

CRYSTALS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; GELS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OLIGOMERS;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

EID: 70450192916     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200900620     Document Type: Article

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