Halogen-bonded mesogens direct polymer self-assemblies up to millimetre length scale

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Houbenov, Nikolay ^a   Milani, Roberto ^b   Poutanen, Mikko ^a   Haataja, Johannes ^a   Dichiarante, Valentina ^c   Sainio, Jani ^a   Ruokolainen, Janne ^a   Resnati, Giuseppe ^c   Metrangolo, Pierangelo ^b,c   Ikkala, Olli ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE; CHLORIDE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HALOGEN; MACROGOL; POLYMER;

CRYSTALLINITY; HALOGEN; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; HEATING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PERIODICITY; POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 84902007681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5043     Document Type: Article

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