Branched alkyl ester side chains rendering large polycyclic (3E, 7E)-3, 7-bis(2-oxoindolin-3-ylidene)benzo[1, 2-b:4, 5-b′]difuran-2, 6(3H, 7H)-dione (IBDF) based donor–acceptor polymers solution-processability for organic thin film transistors1. Issue 37 (7th October 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: He, Yinghui; Guo, Chang; Sun, Bin; Quinn, Jesse; Li, Yuning
• Is Part Of: Polymer chemistry. Volume 6:Issue 37(2015)
• Page Start: 6689
• Page End: 6697
• Publication Date: 2015-10-07
• Subjects: Polymers -- Periodicals; Macromolecules -- Periodicals; Polymerization -- Periodicals; 547.705
• DOI: 10.1039/c5py00782h
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1759-9954

Abstract

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