Spectral engineering in π-conjugated polymers with intramolecular donor-acceptor interactions

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1396-1407

  Beaujuge, Pierre M ^a   Amb, Chad M ^a   Reynolds, John R ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYMERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 78649306747     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar100043u     Document Type: Article

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