New insight into organic metal polyaniline morphology and structure

Polymers

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 786-798

  Wessling, Bernhard ^a  

^a Ormecon GmbH (a business of Enthone Inc)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Metal complex; Morphology; Nanometal; Organic metal; Polyaniline; Structure

Indexed keywords

NANO-METAL; ORGANIC METALS; POLYANILINE CHAINS; PRIMARY PARTICLES; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; STRUCTURE;

METAL COMPLEXES; METALS; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; POLYANILINE; STRUCTURAL METALS;

COPPER;

EID: 79952822057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym2040786     Document Type: Article

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