Efficient xerographic photoreceptors from conjugated polymers and polymer blends

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3144, Issue , 1997, Pages 41-52

  Zhang, Xuejun ^a   Alanko, Anita K ^a   Jenekhe, Samson A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge photogeneration; Conjugated polymers; Nanoscale size effects; Photoreceptors; Polymer blends

Indexed keywords

AMINES; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LIGHT SENSITIVE MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE MATERIALS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMERS; PROGRAMMING THEORY; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SIZE DETERMINATION;

BI LAYERS; BINARY BLENDS; CHARGE GENERATIONS; CHARGE PHOTOGENERATION; CHARGE TRANSPORTS; CONJUGATED POLYMER BLENDS; DARK DECAYS; EXCIPLEX; ION-PAIR SEPARATIONS; ION-PAIRS; NANOSCALE SIZE EFFECTS; ONSAGER; P TOLYLS; PHOTOCARRIER GENERATIONS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE PROPERTIES; PHOTORECEPTORS; SPECTRAL RANGES;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS;

EID: 0001777327     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.290246     Document Type: Conference Paper

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