Systematic structure-property investigations on a series of alternating carbazole-thiophene oligomers

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 618-629

  Kato, Shin Ichiro ^a   Shimizu, Satoru ^a   Kobayashi, Atsushi ^a   Yoshihara, Toshitada ^a   Tobita, Seiji ^a   Nakamura, Yosuke ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; FLUORESCENCE; OLIGOMERS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME MEASUREMENTS; FLUORESCENCE QUANTUM YIELD; MOLECULAR LENGTH; PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; STRUCTURAL VARIATIONS; STRUCTURE PROPERTY; SUZUKI-MIYAURA COUPLING REACTION; X RAY CRYSTAL STRUCTURES;

THIOPHENE;

CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; OLIGOMER; THIOPHENE;

ARTICLE; CONJUGATION; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATION; QUANTUM YIELD; SUZUKI REACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84896753975     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: 15206904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo402416f     Document Type: Article

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