Redox-active charge carriers of conducting polymers as a tuner of conductivity and its potential window

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Park, Han Saem ^a   Ko, Seo Jin ^a   Park, Jeong Seok ^a   Kim, Jin Young ^a   Song, Hyun Kon ^a  

^a Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; POLY(3,4 ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE) POLY(STYRENESULFONATE); POLY(3,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE)-POLY(STYRENESULFONATE); POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HARDNESS; MATERIALS TESTING; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HARDNESS; MATERIALS TESTING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYSTYRENES; THIOPHENES;

EID: 84882785261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02454     Document Type: Article

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