Nanofibers of hydrogen-bonded two-component gel with closely connected p- and n-channels and photoinduced electron transfer

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 21426-21434

  Xue, Pengchong ^a   Wang, Panpan ^a   Yao, Boqi ^a   Sun, Jiabao ^a   Gong, Peng ^a   Zhang, Zhenqi ^a   Qian, Chong ^a   Lu, Ran ^a  

^a Jilin University   (China)

Author keywords

electron transfer; fullerene; nanofibers; organogels; photocurrent; conjugated fluorophores

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; ANILINE; CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPLEXATION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; FULLERENES; KETONES; NANOFIBERS; PHOTOCURRENTS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

ELECTRON TRANSFER; HYDROGEN BOND COMPLEXES; INFRARED SPECTRUM; INTERMOLECULAR HYDROGEN BONDS; O-DICHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOGELS; PHOTO-INDUCED ELECTRON TRANSFER; STRONG ABSORPTIONS;

HYDROGEN BONDS;

EID: 84917710472     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am506422m     Document Type: Article

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