Understanding the doping dependence of the conductivity of conjugated polymers: Dominant role of the increasing density of states and growing delocalization

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1212031-1212034

  Martens, H C F ^a   Hulea, I N ^a,c   Romijn, I ^a   Brom, H B ^a   Pasveer, W F ^b,c   Michels, M A J ^b,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c DUTCH POLYMER INSTITUTE DPI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRIC CHLORIDE; POLYMER; POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DENSITY; ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; QUANTUM THEORY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037880672     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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