Self-assembly of all-conjugated poly(3-alkylthiophene) diblock copolymer nanostructures from mixed selective solvents

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3241-3247

  He, Ming ^a,b   Zhao, Lei ^b   Wang, Jun ^b   Han, Wei ^b   Yang, Yuliang ^a   Qiu, Feng ^a   Lin, Zhiqun ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

All conjugated diblock copolymer; Nanorings; Nanowires; Polythiophene; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

DIBLOCK COPOLYMER; KINETIC PATHWAY; NANOSTRUCTURED MORPHOLOGY; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLY(3-ALKYLTHIOPHENE); POLY(3-BUTYLTHIOPHENE); POLY-THIOPHENE; POOR SOLVENTS; SELECTIVE SOLVENTS; SOLVOPHOBIC INTERACTIONS; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COPOLYMERIZATION; NANORINGS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOWIRES; SELF ASSEMBLY; SOLVENTS;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

2 N BUTYLTHIOPHENE; 2-N-BUTYLTHIOPHENE; NANOMATERIAL; POLY(3 HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); SOLVENT; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLVENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THIOPHENES;

EID: 77955908872     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn100543w     Document Type: Article

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