Synthesis of a donor-acceptor diblock copolymer via two mechanistically distinct, sequential polymerizations using a single catalyst

Macromolecular Rapid Communications

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 204-209

  Ono, Robert J ^a   Todd, Alexander D ^a   Hu, Zhongjian ^a   Vanden Bout, David A ^a   Bielawski, Christopher W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

block copolymer self assembly; donor acceptor block copolymers; perylene diimide; poly(thiophene); polymer solar cells

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMER SELF-ASSEMBLY; DONOR-ACCEPTORS; PERYLENEDIIMIDES; POLY(THIOPHENE); POLYMER SOLAR CELLS;

CARRIER MOBILITY; CATALYSTS; CHAINS; CYANIDES; MONOMERS; NICKEL; POLYMERIZATION; QUENCHING; SOLAR CELLS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BLOCK COPOLYMER SELF-ASSEMBLY; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DONOR-ACCEPTOR BLOCK COPOLYMERS; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; PERYLENE DIIMIDE; POLY(THIOPHENE); POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYMERIZATION;

BLOCK COPOLYMER SELF-ASSEMBLY; DONOR-ACCEPTOR BLOCK COPOLYMERS; PERYLENE DIIMIDE; POLY(THIOPHENE); POLYMER SOLAR CELLS;

CATALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CRYSTALLIZATION; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS;

EID: 84892832704     PISSN: 10221336     EISSN: 15213927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/marc.201300440     Document Type: Article

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