Self-assembling semiconducting polymers - Rods and gels from electronic materials

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 962-977

  Clark, Andrew P Z ^a   Shi, Chenjun ^a   Ng, Benny C ^a   Wilking, James N ^a   Ayzner, Alexander L ^a   Stieg, Adam Z ^a   Schwartz, Benjamin J ^a   Mason, Thomas G ^a   Rubin, Yves ^a   Tolbert, Sarah H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

amphiphilic assembly; hydrogel; polymer micelle; self assembly; semiconducting polymer; water soluble conjugated polymer

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION AND PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; AMPHIPHILICS; AQUEOUS CONCENTRATIONS; CONJUGATED POLYELECTROLYTES; CRYSTALLINE GRAINS; CRYSTALLINITIES; CYLINDRICAL MICELLES; CYLINDRICAL MORPHOLOGIES; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONIC MATERIALS; GEL NETWORKS; LONG AXIS; MICELLE FORMATION; POLYMER CHAINS; POLYMER MICELLES; RHEOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SELF-ASSEMBLING; SPECTRAL SHIFT; TEST STRUCTURE; VISIBLE LIGHT; WATER-SOLUBLE CONJUGATED POLYMERS; YIELD POINTS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; GELS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HYDROGELS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS; STRAIN HARDENING; THIOPHENE;

MICELLES;

FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; POLYMER; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEL; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; MICELLE; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUORENES; GELS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MICELLES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; OPTICAL PROCESSES; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SOLUTIONS; THIOPHENES;

EID: 84874421886     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn304437k     Document Type: Article

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