Vapor phase polymerization of EDOT from submicrometer scale oxidant patterned by dip-pen nanolithography

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 26, 2012, Pages 9953-9960

  O'Connell, Cathal D ^a   Higgins, Michael J ^a   Nakashima, Hiroshi ^b   Moulton, Simon E ^a   Wallace, Gordon G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b NTT Basic Research Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILIC BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CONDUCTING POLYMER SYNTHESIS; CONDUCTIVE AFM; DIP-PEN NANOLITHOGRAPHY; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT; IN-SITU; MICRO RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; POLY(3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE); SUBMICROMETER SCALE; VAPOR PHASE POLYMERIZATION;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; NANOLITHOGRAPHY; POLYMERIZATION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; VAPORS;

OXIDANTS;

FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; INK; OXIDIZING AGENT; POLY(3,4 ETHYLENE DIOXYTHIOPHENE); POLY(3,4-ETHYLENE DIOXYTHIOPHENE); POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; PRINTING; VOLATILIZATION;

BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; INK; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDANTS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; PRINTING; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 84863439631     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la301724v     Document Type: Article

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