Effect of imidazolium-based ionic liquids on the nanoscale morphology of CuTCNQ (TCNQ = 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane) metal-organic semiconductors

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-12

  Pearson, Andrew ^a   O'Mullane, Anthony P ^a   Bhargava, Suresh K ^a   Bansal, Vipul ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; IMIDAZOLIUM-BASED IONIC LIQUID; METAL-ORGANIC; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOSCALE MORPHOLOGY;

MORPHOLOGY; ORGANOMETALLICS;

IONIC LIQUIDS;

IMIDAZOLE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; IONIC LIQUID; NITRILE; TETRACYANOQUINODIMETHANE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SYNTHESIS;

IMIDAZOLES; IONIC LIQUIDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NITRILES; SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 84872112185     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la303885r     Document Type: Article

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