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New methacrylate monomers with carbazole moieties as pendant groups were synthesized by multistep syntheses starting from carbazoles with biphenyl substituents in the aromatic ring. The corresponding polymers were prepared using a free‐radical polymerization. The novel polymers contain
- Award ID(s):
- 1632881
- PAR ID:
- 10463169
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry
- Volume:
- 57
- Issue:
- 1
- ISSN:
- 0887-624X
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- p. 70-76
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- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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