Thiophene-S,S-Dioxides as a Class of Electron-Deficient Materials for Electronics and Photonics

Handbook of Thiophene-Based Materials: Applications in Organic Electronics and Photonics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 255-292

  Barbarella, Giovanna ^a   Melucci, Manuela ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aromatic heterocyclic polymers low ionization potentials and low electron affinities; Conventional oligo and polythiophenes for thin film field effect transistors; Electrochemical and photoluminescence properties; HOMO and LUMO position and energy gap; Kelvin probe force microscopy investigation; Polymers containing thiophene S,S dioxide moieties; Quinoidal terthiophene behavior; Thienyl ring oxidation and oxidation potential increase; Thiophene aromatic heterocycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551581747     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470745533.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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