An Electric‐Field‐Responsive Discotic Liquid‐Crystalline Hexa‐peri‐Hexabenzocoronene/Oligothiophene Hybrid. (19th December 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hu, Nan; Shao, Renfan; Shen, Yongqiang; Chen, Dong; Clark, Noel A.; Walba, David M.
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials. Volume 26:Number 13(2014)
• Page Start: 2066
• Page End: 2071
• Publication Date: 2013-12-19
• Subjects: Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201304371
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0935-9648

Abstract

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