The influence of pentafluorophenyl groups on the nonlinear optical (NLO) performance of high generation dendrons and dendrimers

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wu, Wenbo ^a   Wang, Can ^a   Li, Qianqian ^a   Ye, Cheng ^b   Qin, Jingui ^a   Li, Zhen ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

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EID: 84906819233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06101     Document Type: Article

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