Uniform, high aspect ratio fiber-like micelles and block co-micelles with a crystalline π-conjugated polythiophene core by self-seeding

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 136, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4121-4124

  Qian, Jieshu ^a   Li, Xiaoyu ^a   Lunn, David J ^a   Gwyther, Jessica ^a   Hudson, Zachary M ^a   Kynaston, Emily ^a   Rupar, Paul A ^a,c   Winnik, Mitchell A ^b   Manners, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

DEFECT-FREE; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; MONO-DISPERSE; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLY-THIOPHENE; SEEDED GROWTH; SELF SEEDING; TRIBLOCKS;

MICELLES;

COPOLYMER; NANOFIBER; POLY(3 HEXYLTHIOPHENE) BLOCK POLYSTYRENE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISPERSION; MICELLE; MORPHOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84896514389     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja500661k     Document Type: Article

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