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Title: Conductive Polymers: Open‐Shell Donor–Acceptor Conjugated Polymers with High Electrical Conductivity (Adv. Funct. Mater. 24/2020)
Award ID(s):
1757220
NSF-PAR ID:
10252316
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Advanced Functional Materials
Volume:
30
Issue:
24
ISSN:
1616-301X
Page Range / eLocation ID:
2070155
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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