Step-by-step growth of epitaxially aligned polythiophene by surface-confined reaction

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 11200-11204

  Lipton Duffin, J A ^a,b   Miwa, J A ^a,b   Kondratenko, M ^b   Cicoira, F ^a,b   Sumpter, B G ^c   Meunier, V ^c   Perepichk, D F ^b   Rosei, F ^a,b  

^a INRS EMT   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

cis polythiophene; Metal catalyzed coupling reaction; Molecular wires; Polymerization mechanism; Scanning probe microscopy

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HALOGEN; POLY(3,4 ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE); THIOPHENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ION; POLYMER; POLYTHIOPHENE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTISCANNING; SYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIMERIZATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

ANISOTROPY; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COPPER; DIMERIZATION; IONS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING TUNNELING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POLYMERS; SOFTWARE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; THIOPHENES;

EID: 77954939832     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1000726107     Document Type: Article

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