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FIGURE 9. Stepwise synthesis of oligomeric charge-storage molecules on an electroactive surface from molecular building blocks.
met via three approaches: (1) incorporation of dyads and and stepwise synthesis hold much greater promise for
triads, 6,7,38,39 (2) in situ polymerization, 34 and (3) in situ step- successful device integration than does utilizing dyads and
wise synthesis. 41,42 Of these approaches, the polymerization triads. This is so because both polymerization and stepwise
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