Cationic polythiophene-surfactant self-assembly complexes: Phase transitions, optical response, and sensing

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 33, 2012, Pages 12348-12356

  Evans, Rachel C ^a   Knaapila, Matti ^b   Willis Fox, Niamh ^a   Kraft, Mario ^c   Terry, Ann ^d   Burrows, Hugh D ^e   Scherf, Ullrich ^c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^d RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION AND PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; CONJUGATED POLYELECTROLYTES; DUAL MODES; FLUORIMETRIC; IONIC COMPLEX FORMATION; MOLE FRACTION; OPTICAL RESPONSE; PERFLUORINATION; PHOTOPHYSICAL; SMALL-ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING; SUPRAMOLECULAR COMPLEXES;

ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; BIOPHYSICS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY; THIOPHENE;

SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

1 OCTANESULFONIC ACID; 1-OCTANESULFONIC ACID; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; FLUOROCARBON; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; POLY(3 (6 TRIMETHYLAMMONIUMHEXYL)THIOPHENE); POLY(3-(6-TRIMETHYLAMMONIUMHEXYL)THIOPHENE); POLYMER; POLYTHIOPHENE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; SURFACTANT; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; PHASE TRANSITION;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; FLUOROCARBONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; OPTICAL PROCESSES; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYMERS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; THIOPHENES;

EID: 84865464009     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la302166a     Document Type: Article

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