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International Journal of Polymer Science
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 484523, 10 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/484523
Review Article
Synthesis of a Novel Family of Polysilsesquioxanes Having Oligothiophenes with Well-Defined Structures
Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Hiroshima, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8527, Japan
Received 12 June 2012; Accepted 21 October 2012
Academic Editor: Kimihiro Matsukawa
Copyright © 2012 Ichiro Imae et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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