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Title: Assembly of P3HT/CdSe nanowire networks in an insulating polymer host

Abstract

Hybrid nanowire networks of electron donors and acceptors were achieved by the combination of phase separation, interfacial segregation, and crystallization in multicomponent blends.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [2]
  1. Polymer Science and Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, Massachusetts 01003, USA, Reliability Assessment Center
  2. Polymer Science and Engineering Department, University of Massachusetts, Massachusetts 01003, USA
Publication Date:
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1454294
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0016208
Resource Type:
Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Soft Matter
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Soft Matter Journal Volume: 14 Journal Issue: 25; Journal ID: ISSN 1744-683X
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Heo, Kyuyoung, Miesch, Caroline, Na, Jun-Hee, Emrick, Todd, and Hayward, Ryan C. Assembly of P3HT/CdSe nanowire networks in an insulating polymer host. United Kingdom: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1039/C8SM01001C.
Heo, Kyuyoung, Miesch, Caroline, Na, Jun-Hee, Emrick, Todd, & Hayward, Ryan C. Assembly of P3HT/CdSe nanowire networks in an insulating polymer host. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8SM01001C
Heo, Kyuyoung, Miesch, Caroline, Na, Jun-Hee, Emrick, Todd, and Hayward, Ryan C. Mon . "Assembly of P3HT/CdSe nanowire networks in an insulating polymer host". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8SM01001C.
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title = {Assembly of P3HT/CdSe nanowire networks in an insulating polymer host},
author = {Heo, Kyuyoung and Miesch, Caroline and Na, Jun-Hee and Emrick, Todd and Hayward, Ryan C.},
abstractNote = {Hybrid nanowire networks of electron donors and acceptors were achieved by the combination of phase separation, interfacial segregation, and crystallization in multicomponent blends.},
doi = {10.1039/C8SM01001C},
journal = {Soft Matter},
number = 25,
volume = 14,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}

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