Monodisperse conjugated polymer particles by Suzuki-Miyaura dispersion polymerization

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kuehne, Alexander J C ^a,b   Gather, Malte C ^c,d   Sprakel, Joris ^a,e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOMER; PALLADIUM; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; DISPERSION; MACROMOLECULE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POLYMERIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR; SUZUKI REACTION;

NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS;

EID: 84867024947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2085     Document Type: Article

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