Microscopic and Spectroscopic Investigation of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Interaction with Carbon Nanotubes

Polymers

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1433-1446

  Giulianini, Michele ^a   Waclawik, Eric R ^a   Bell, John M ^a   Scarselli, Manuela ^b   Castrucci, Paola ^b   De Crescenzi, Maurizio ^a,b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Afm; Carbon Nanotubes; Poly(3 hexylthiophene); Stm

Indexed keywords

AFM; NANOSCALE ANALYSIS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); SCANNING PROBE TECHNIQUES; SCANNING TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATIONS; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE; STM;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CARRIER MOBILITY; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 83655193321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym3031433     Document Type: Article

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