PPS issue 11 is now online. It features work on the front cover from Ana Flavia Nogueira and colleagues from the University of Campinas and the Physics Institute of São Carlos in Brazil. In their article they describe the preparation of multilayer films based on poly(p-phenylenevinylene) (PPV) and carboxylic-functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT-COOH) by electrostatic interaction using the layer-by-layer deposition method. The thin films show considerable photocurrent responses, making them promising candidates as active layers for organic photovoltaic cells.
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Photoelectrochemical, photophysical and morphological studies of electrostatic layer-by-layer thin films based on poly(p-phenylenevinylene) and single-walled carbon nanotubes
L. C. P. Almeida, V. Zucolotto, R. A. Domingues, T. D. Z. Atvars and A. F. Nogueira
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2011, 10, 1766-1772
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