Rhodium-coordinated poly(arylene-ethynylene)-alt-poly(arylene-vinylene) copolymer acting as photocatalyst for

Kerstin T Oppelt1, Jacek Gasiorowski, Daniel Ayuk Mbi Egbe

  • 1Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University Linz , Altenberger Strasse 69, 4040 Linz, Austria.

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