Photophysical Properties of Linear, Net-structured and Branched Polybenzimidazoles

Chokalingam Saravanan1, Sugumar Daisylin Anbu Sujitha2, Marimuthu Senthilkumaran1

  • 1Department of Industrial Chemistry, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, 630 003, Tamil Nadu, India.

Journal of Fluorescence
|October 25, 2022
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