Impedimetry and microscopy of electrosynthetic poly(propylene thiophenoimine)-co-poly(3,4 ethylene dioxythiophene) dendritic star copolymer

International Journal of Electrochemical Science

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1855-1870

  Olowu, Rasaq A ^a   Williams, Avril ^a   Ndangili, Peter M ^a   Ngece, Rachel F ^a   Mailu, Stephen N ^a   Baker, Priscilla ^a   Iwuoha, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Conducting polymer; Dendritic star copolymer; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Nanomaterials; PEDOT; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959775162     PISSN: 14523981     EISSN: 14523981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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