Different structures and crystallinities of poly(3-hexylthiophene) films prepared from aged solutions

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 380, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 334-340

  Xue, Longjian ^a   Yu, Xinhong ^a   Han, Yanchun ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; Poly(3 hexylthiophene); Solubility difference; Solution; Thin film

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CARRIER MOBILITY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALS; SOLUBILITY; THIN FILMS; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

AGING; AGING PROCESS; CRYSTALLINE AGGREGATES; CRYSTALLINITIES; DIFFERENT STRUCTURE; EVAPORATION RATE; FIBRILLAR CRYSTALS; POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); SOLID FILMS; SOLUTION-AGING; SOLVENT SOLUBILITY; THIN LAYERS;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

CHLOROBENZENE; CHLOROFORM; POLY(3 HEXYLTHIOPHENE); SOLVENT; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; EVAPORATION; FILM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; SOLUTION AGING;

EID: 79954414963     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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