High-quality inherently organic conducting polymers electrosynthesized from fused-ring compounds in a new electrolytic system based on boron trifluoride diethyl etherate

Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 209-228

  Nie, Guangming ^a   Yang, Huijuan ^a   Wang, Song ^a   Li, Xuemei ^a  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Boron trifluoride diethyl etherate; Electrochemical polymerization; Inherently organic conducting polymers; Polycarbazole; Polyfluorene; Polyindole

Indexed keywords

BORON TRIFLUORIDE DIETHYL ETHERATE; ORGANIC CONDUCTING POLYMERS; POLYCARBAZOLES; POLYFLUORENES; POLYINDOLES;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELECTROPOLYMERIZATION; ETHERS; MONOMERS; POLYMER FILMS;

BORON;

EID: 84863157027     PISSN: 10408436     EISSN: 15476561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408436.2011.593009     Document Type: Review

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