Encapsulation of poly(3-hexylthiophene) J-aggregate nanofibers with an amphiphilic block copolymer

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 47, 2012, Pages 16401-16407

  Gao, Jian ^a   Kamps, Amanda ^b   Park, So Jung ^b   Grey, John K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION STATE; AMPHIPHILIC BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CHEMICAL PRESSURES; COMBINATION BANDS; EXCITON COUPLING; J AGGREGATES; LINE SHAPE; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES; RAMAN INTENSITIES; RESONANCE RAMAN SPECTRA; STRUCTURAL DISPLACEMENT; SYMMETRIC STRETCHING; TIME-DEPENDENT; VIBRONIC ANALYSIS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CARRIER MOBILITY; ETHYLENE; GLYCOLS; NANOFIBERS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; THIOPHENE;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 84870157929     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la3034337     Document Type: Article

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