Bilayer order in a polycarbazole-conjugated polymer

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lu, Xinhui ^a   Hlaing, Htay ^a,b   Germack, David S ^a   Peet, Jeff ^c   Jo, Won Ho ^d   Andrienko, Denis ^e   Kremer, Kurt ^e   Ocko, Benjamin M ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KONARKA TECHNOLOGIES INC   (United States)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(6,6) PHENYL C61 BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTER; CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; POLY [N 9'' HEPTA DECANYL 2,7 CARBAZOLE ALT 5,5 (4',7' DI 2 THIENYL 2',1',3' BENZOTHIADIAZOLE)]; POLYCARBAZOLE; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONJUGATION; COOLING; FILM; RADIATION SCATTERING; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEMICONDUCTOR; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 84860300464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1790     Document Type: Article

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