Morphology and photophysical properties of luminescent electrospun fibers prepared from diblock and triblock polyfluorene-block-Poly(2-vinylpyridine)/PEO blends

Journal of Polymer Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1091-1100

  Kuo, Chi Ching ^a   Lin, Chia Hung ^a   Tzeng, Ping ^a   Chen, Wen Chang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electrospun fibers; Morphology; Photophysics; Rod coil block copolymers

Indexed keywords

2-VINYLPYRIDINE; 9 ,9-DIHEXYLFLUORENE; AGGREGATE MORPHOLOGY; COPOLYMER COMPOSITIONS; DIBLOCKS; EFFICIENT INTERACTION; ELECTROSPUN FIBERS; ELECTROSPUNS; EMISSION PEAKS; GEOMETRICAL CONFINEMENT; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE; PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOPHYSICS; PL SPECTRA; POLYMER ARCHITECTURE; ROD-COIL BLOCK COPOLYMER; SOLVENT SELECTIVITY; SPIN-COATED FILMS; TRIBLOCKS; VINYLPYRIDINE;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; ELECTROSPINNING; FIBERS; LUMINESCENCE; MANGANESE; METHANOL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYMER BLENDS; SOLVENTS;

TEXTILE BLENDS;

EID: 80053383259     PISSN: 10229760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10965-010-9511-4     Document Type: Article

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