Tuning aggregation of poly(3-hexylthiophene) within nanoparticles

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 10750-10758

  Nagarjuna, Gavvalapalli ^a   Baghgar, Mina ^a   Labastide, Joelle A ^a   Algaier, Dana D ^a   Barnes, Michael D ^a   Venkataraman, Dhandapani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

aggregates; and miniemulsion; internal structure; nanoparticles; photophysics; poly(3 hexylthiophene)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; AGGREGATE STRUCTURES; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; MINIEMULSION PROCESS; MINIEMULSIONS; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE DECAY; PHOTOPHYSICS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLYMER AGGREGATES; POLYMER NANOPARTICLES; REGIO-REGULAR; SOLVENT COMPOSITION; SOLVENT MIXTURES; STRUCTURAL ORDERS;

CARRIER MOBILITY; CHARGE TRANSFER; NANOPARTICLES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOLVENTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 84871566973     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn305207b     Document Type: Article

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