Room-temperature processing of π-conjugated oligomers into uniaxially oriented monodomain films on coumarin-based photoalignment layers

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 725-731

  Wei, Simon K H ^a   Zeng, Lichang ^a   Marshall, Kenneth L ^b   Chen, Shaw H ^a,b  

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

annealing; conjugated oligomers; oligomers; orientation; oriented films; vapor annealing

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT LAYERS; CHLOROFORM VAPOR; CONJUGATED OLIGOMER; DE-WETTING; DRIVING FORCES; IN-SITU; LINEARLY POLARIZED UV; LYOTROPICS; MONODOMAINS; ORIENTATION; ORIENTED FILMS; PHOTO-ALIGNMENT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; RUBBED POLYIMIDE; THERMAL-ANNEALING; VAPOR ANNEALING;

ALIGNMENT; ANNEALING; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; OLIGOMERS; POLYIMIDES; POLYMERS; VAPORS;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 79953906789     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: 10990488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/polb.22235     Document Type: Article

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