Determination of the electroaffinity and potential barrier heights at polymer/metal interfaces of poly(4,7-benzothiophene vinylene) (PBTV)

Advanced Materials for Optics and Electronics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 181-186

  Berton, R ^a   Hummelgen I A ^a   Gruber, J ^b   Li, R W C ^b   De Sa E L ^a   Peres L O ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conjugated polymers; Poly(4,7 benzothiophene vinylene); Polymer interfaces

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC POLYMERS; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ELECTROAFFINITY; POLYBENZOTHIOPHENE VINYLENE;

VINYL RESINS;

EID: 0032108151     PISSN: 10579257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0712(1998070)8:4<181::AID-AMO352>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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