Supramolecular block copolymers by kinetically controlled co-self-assembly of planar and core-twisted perylene bisimides

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Görl, Daniel ^a   Zhang, Xin ^a   Stepanenko, Vladimir ^a   Würthner, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; DYE; NANOROD; NANOWIRE; PERYLENE BISIMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

HEATING; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OPTICAL METHOD; POLYMER; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIPOLE; DISSOLUTION; HEATING; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETIC PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84929179986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8009     Document Type: Article

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