Liquid Crystalline and Electroresponsive Polythiophenes

Handbook of Thiophene-Based Materials: Applications in Organic Electronics and Photonics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 497-515

  Akagi, Kazuo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aligned LC polythiophene and polythienylenevinylene derivatives; Conjugated polymer alignment and electrical conductivity enhancement; FLC conducting materials dielectric constant temperature dependence and quick electroresponsive alignment; FLC polythiophene derivatives; LC polythiophene derivatives synthesis and properties; Linearly polarized fluorescence; Liquid crystalline and electroresponsive polythiophenes; Monomer and polymer synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051715085     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470745533.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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