Control of aggregate formation in poly(3-hexylthiophene) by solvent, molecular weight, and synthetic method

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 442-453

  Scharsich, Christina ^a   Lohwasser, Ruth H ^b   Sommer, Michael ^b   Asawapirom, Udom ^c,e   Scherf, Ullrich ^c   Thelakkat, Mukundan ^b   Neher, Dieter ^d   Köhler, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

conformational analysis; conjugated polymers; crystallization; films; interaction parameter; molecular weight distribution molar mass distribution; nucleation; photophysics; structure; UV vis spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONAL ANALYSIS; INTERACTION PARAMETERS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION/MOLAR MASS DISTRIBUTION; PHOTOPHYSICS; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY;

AGGREGATES; CARRIER MOBILITY; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; FILMS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; NUCLEATION; SOLVENTS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); THIN FILMS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84856945803     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: 10990488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/polb.23022     Document Type: Article

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