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  • Effects on the Properties of Diketopyrrolopyrrole-based Polymer via Inserting Oxadiazoles on Their Main Chains

  • Rajalingam Agneeswari, Danbi Kim*, Vellaiappillai Tamilavan*, Chnan-gi Shin, Sung Heum Park*, and Youngeup Jin†

  • Department of Industrial Chemistry, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Korea
    *Department of Physics, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Korea

  • Diketopyrrolopyrrole계 고분자 주사슬에 Oxadiazoles을 삽입함에 따른 고분자 특성 변화에 관한 연구

  • Rajalingam Agneeswari · 김단비* · Vellaiappillai Tamilavan* · 신찬기 · 박성흠* · 진영읍†

  • 부경대학교 공업화학과, *부경대학교 물리학과

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This Article

  • 2023; 47(1): 79-86

    Published online Jan 25, 2023

  • 10.7317/pk.2023.47.1.79
  • Received on Oct 20, 2022
  • Revised on Nov 23, 2022
  • Accepted on Nov 28, 2022

Correspondence to

  • Youngeup Jin

  • Department of Industrial Chemistry, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Korea

  • E-mail: yjin@pknu.ac.kr