Nematic ordering, conjugation, and density of states of soluble polymeric semiconductors

Macromolecules

Volumn 46, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 5762-5774

  Gemünden, Patrick ^a,b   Poelking, Carl ^a   Kremer, Kurt ^a   Andrienko, Denis ^a   Daoulas, Kostas Ch ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b INNOVATIONLAB   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIAXIAL NEMATIC PHASE; FRANK ELASTIC CONSTANTS; NON-GAUSSIAN DENSITIES; NONBONDED INTERACTION; ORIENTATIONAL CORRELATIONS; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POLYMERIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; POLYMERIC SEMICONDUCTORS;

ANISOTROPY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84880678933     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: 15205835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma400646a     Document Type: Article

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