A new class of acene-based polymers: nanowires made from linear-ladder hydroxy-substituted acene quinones

Ghassemi, Hossein [Case Western Reserve University]; Ishida, Hatsuo [Case Western Reserve University]; Advincula, Rigoberto [ORNL]; Mason, Harris Edward [Los Alamos National Laboratory]; Chen, Jihua [ORNL] (ORCID:0000000168795936); Damron, Josh [ORNL]; Litt, Morton [Case Western Reserve University]

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A new class of acene-based polymers: nanowires made from linear-ladder hydroxy-substituted acene quinones

Ghassemi, Hossein [Case Western Reserve University]·Ishida, Hatsuo [Case Western Reserve University]·Advincula, Rigoberto [ORNL]·Mason, Harris Edward [Los Alamos National Laboratory]·Chen, Jihua [ORNL] (ORCID:0000000168795936)·Damron, Josh [ORNL]·Litt, Morton [Case Western Reserve University]

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Ghassemi, Hossein [Case Western Reserve University], Ishida, Hatsuo [Case Western Reserve University], Advincula, Rigoberto [ORNL], Mason, Harris Edward [Los Alamos National Laboratory], Chen, Jihua [ORNL] (ORCID:0000000168795936), Damron, Josh [ORNL], Litt, Morton [Case Western Reserve University]. 2026-07-01. A new class of acene-based polymers: nanowires made from linear-ladder hydroxy-substituted acene quinones. https://doi.org/10.1039/d6nj01347c

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