Synfacts 2011(1): 0042-0042  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1259155
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Overcoming Insolubility Towards Thin Films

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Joel Batson
S. Ando, A. Facchetti*, T. J. Marks*
Northwestern University, Evanston, USA
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Publication History

Publication Date:
21 December 2010 (online)

Significance

The authors transform the film of the soluble cycloadduct 1 into insoluble 2 via ­thermal annealing. This known strategy aims to ­increase the ease of processability for thin films.