Controlled self-assembly of alkylated-π compounds for soft materials - Towards optical and optoelectronic applications

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 131-139

  Zielinska, Agnieszka ^a,b   Leonowicz, Marcin ^b   Li, Hongguang ^c   Nakanishi, Takashi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c LANZHOU INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Alkyl chains; Hydrophobic amphiphiles; Organic electronics; Self assembly; Conjugated compounds

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; AMPHIPHILES; COLLOID CHEMISTRY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES;

ALKYL CHAIN; CONTROLLED SELF-ASSEMBLY; FLEXIBLE ALKYL CHAINS; HYDROPHOBIC AMPHIPHILES; OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; SELF-ASSEMBLY BEHAVIORS; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

AMPHOPHILE; POLYMER; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYER; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; SURFACTANT;

ALKYLATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLLOID; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; ELECTRONICS; LIQUID CRYSTAL; OPTICS; POLYMERIZATION; REVIEW; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLID STATE; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 84901979237     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: 18790399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2014.03.007     Document Type: Review

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