Effect of Varying Thiophene Units on Charge‐Transport and Photovoltaic Properties of Poly(phenylene ethynylene)‐alt‐poly(phenylene vinylene) Polymers. Issue 15 (18th June 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Adam, Getachew; Yohannes, Teketel; White, Matthew; Montaigne, Alberto; Ulbricht, Christoph; Birckner, Eckhard; Rathgeber, Silke; Kästner, Christian; Hoppe, Harald; Sariciftci, Niyazi Serdar; Egbe, Daniel Ayuk Mbi
• Is Part Of: Macromolecular chemistry and physics. Volume 215:Issue 15(2014:Aug.)
• Page Start: 1473
• Page End: 1484
• Publication Date: 2014-06-18
• Subjects: Polymers -- Periodicals; Polymerization -- Periodicals; Synthetic products -- Periodicals; Macromolecules -- Periodicals; 547.7
• DOI: 10.1002/macp.201400207
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1022-1352

Abstract

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