Monoliths of semiconducting block copolymers by magnetic alignment

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 5514-5521

  Tran, Helen ^a   Gopinadhan, Manesh ^b   Majewski, Pawel W ^b   Shade, Ryan ^a   Steffes, Victoria ^a   Osuji, Chinedum O ^b   Campos, Luis M ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

block copolymer self assembly; magnetic field alignment; n type semiconductors; organic monoliths

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMER SELF-ASSEMBLY; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; MACROMOLECULAR SYSTEMS; N-TYPE SEMICONDUCTORS; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; ORGANIC MONOLITHS; RESULTING MATERIALS; SUPRAMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES;

ALIGNMENT; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHROMOPHORES; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; POLYMER FILMS; STYRENE;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 84879659119     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn401725a     Document Type: Article

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