Synthesis of organic electroactive materials in ionic liquids

Electrochemical Nanofabrication: Principles and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 117-143

  Wagner, Michal ^a   Kvarnström, Carita ^b   Ivaska, Ari ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

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DOI: 10.4032/9789814303743     Document Type: Chapter

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