Synthesis and memory performance of a conjugated polymer with an integrated fluorene, carbazole and oxadiazole backbone

Polymer Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 257-263

  Zeng, Long Jia ^a   Liu, Gang ^b   Zhang, Bin ^a   Chen, Junneng ^a   Chen, Yu ^a,c   Kang, En Tang ^b  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

donor acceptor system; molecular devices; polymer memory; synthesis

Indexed keywords

2 ,5-DIPHENYL-1 ,3 ,4-OXADIAZOLE; ABSORPTION ONSET; BISTABLES; DONOR-ACCEPTOR SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SWITCHING; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; FLUORENES; FLUORESCENCE QUANTUM YIELD; FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING EFFECT; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; INTEGRATING SPHERES; MEMORY PERFORMANCE; MOLECULAR DEVICE; NON-VOLATILE; ON/OFF RATIO; OXADIAZOLES; POLYMER MEMORY; READ-CYCLE; SPECTROFLUOROMETERS; SUZUKI COUPLING REACTION; TETRAHYDROFURAN SOLUTION; WRITE-ONCE READ-MANY-TIMES;

FLUORESCENCE; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; INDIUM; QUANTUM YIELD; SPHERES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TIN; TIN OXIDES;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 84863230323     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2011.114     Document Type: Article

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