Enhancing the photostability of poly(3-hexylthiophene) by preparing composites with multiwalled carbon nanotubes

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 919-924

  Goutam, Prasanta J ^a   Singh, Dilip K ^a   Giri, Pravat K ^a   Iyer, Parameswar K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CARRIER MOBILITY; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DEVICE PERFORMANCE; ESR SPECTROSCOPY; OPTIMUM LOADING; OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; PHOTO-STABILITY; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; PROCESSABILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGE; TEM; ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; UV-VISIBLE; WEIGHT PERCENT;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 79952837257     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp109900m     Document Type: Article

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