Chemically robust conjugated polymer platform for thin-film sensors

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 600-605

  Holt, A L ^a   Bearinger, J P ^b   Evans, C L ^b   Carter, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Ferric chloride; Iodine; Photoluminescence quenching; Poly(3 hexylthiophene); Surface modification

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVITY; FERRIC CHLORIDE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE QUENCHING; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); SURFACE MODIFICATION;

CARRIER MOBILITY; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; IODINE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUENCHING; SENSORS; SUBSTRATES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE TREATMENT; THIN FILM DEVICES;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 73149121901     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2009.09.055     Document Type: Article

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