The morphology of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)

Polymer Reviews

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 340-384

  Martin, David C ^a,b,c   Wu, Jinghang ^a,b   Shaw, Charles M ^a,b   King, Zachary ^a,c   Spanninga, Sarah A ^a   Richardson Burns, Sarah ^a,c   Hendricks, Jeffrey ^a,c   Yang, Junyan ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b University of Delaware   (United States)

^c Biotectix LLC   (United States)

^d DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

conjugated polymers; poly(thiophene); polymer microscopy; polymer morphology

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL DEVICES; COUNTERIONS; CRYSTALLINE PHASIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL POLYMERIZATION; ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENES; FILM DEPOSITION; IN-VITRO; LIVING CELL; LIVING TISSUES; LOW-VOLTAGE; LYOTROPIC MESOPHASES; NANO SCALE; OXIDATIVE CHEMICALS; POLY(THIOPHENE); POLYMER MORPHOLOGY; RIGID POLYMERS; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SCANNING ELECTRONS; VISIBLE LIGHT;

BROMINE; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; ETHYLENE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIOPHENE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 77955870738     PISSN: 15583724     EISSN: 15583716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15583724.2010.495440     Document Type: Article

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