Macrostructural order and optical properties of polyfluorene-based polymer films

Polymer Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 772-775

  Hayashi, Shotaro ^a   Inagi, Shinsuke ^a   Fuchigami, Toshio ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

excimer; luminescence; ordered structure; poly(fluorene)

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM SOLUTIONS; ELECTRO-LUMINESCENT; EMISSION PEAKS; EMISSIVE LAYERS; ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENES; EXCIMERS; FILM STATE; FLUORENES; HOT PLATES; INDIUM TIN OXIDE SUBSTRATES; INDIUM-TIN-OXIDE GLASS SUBSTRATES; ISOPROPYL ALCOHOLS; METHYL METHACRYLATES; ORDERED STRUCTURES; PL SPECTRA; POLY(FLUORENE); POLY(STYRENE SULFONATE); POLYFLUORENES; RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; ULTRASONIC TREATMENTS;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; ESTERS; INDIUM; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; POLYMER BLENDS; SUBSTRATES; TIN; TIN OXIDES; TIN PLATE; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; TOLUENE;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 77956836382     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2010.58     Document Type: Article

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