Synthesis and photophysical properties of soluble low-bandgap thienothiophene polymers with various alkyl side-chain lengths

Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 3260-3271

  Bae, Woo Jin ^a,b   Scilla, Christopher ^a   Duzhko, Volodimyr V ^a   Ho Jo, Won ^b   Coughlin, E Bryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

conjugated polymers; electrochemistry; grignard metathesis polymerization; low bandgap; oxidative polymerization; thienothiophene; ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy; UV Vis spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

GRIGNARD METATHESIS; LOW BANDGAP; OXIDATIVE POLYMERIZATION; THIENOTHIOPHENES; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY;

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ENERGY GAP; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED); ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYMERIZATION; THIOPHENE; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS;

EID: 79959711176     PISSN: 0887624X     EISSN: 10990518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pola.24761     Document Type: Article

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