Toward a trace-free oxidant - Insight into unexpected high yields of vapor phase polymerized polyterthiophene

Polymer Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 391-395

  Ong, Chun ^a,c   Bayley, Paul M ^b   Winther Jensen, Orawan ^a   Winther Jensen, Bjorn ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

conducting polymers; para toluenesulfonic acid; polyterthiophene; vapor phase polymerization

Indexed keywords

ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; FILM-FORMING PROPERTIES; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; OXIDATIVE POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERIZATION MECHANISMS; POLYTERTHIOPHENES; VAPOR PHASE POLYMERIZATION; VOLATILE COMPOUNDS;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; MONOMERS; OXIDANTS; POLYMERIZATION; VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; VAPORS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84875014628     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2012.150     Document Type: Article

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