Oligomers and polymers based on pentacene building blocks

Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2772-2800

  Lehnherr, Dan ^a   Tykwinski, Rik R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Oligoacene; Oligomer; Pentacene; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; Polymer; Semiconductor

Indexed keywords

BUILDING BLOCKES; FUNCTIONALIZED; OLIGOACENE; PENTACENES; POLYMERIC SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTOR APPLICATIONS; STRUCTURAL MOTIFS;

OLIGOMERS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 77956051589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma3042772     Document Type: Review

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