Advanced functional polythiophenes based on tailored precursors

Conjugated Polymers: Theory, Synthesis, Properties, and Characterization

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 13-1-13-77

  Blanchard, Philippe ^a   Leriche, Philippe ^a   Frѐre, Pierre ^a   Roncali, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

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