High charge-carrier mobility in π-deficient discotic mesogens: design and structure-property relationship

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3349-3362

  Lehmann, Matthias ^a,g   Kestemont, Gaël ^a   Aspe, Rafael Gómez ^a   Buess Herman, Claudine ^a   Koch, Michel H J ^b   Debije, Michael G ^c   Piris, Jorge ^c   De Haas, Matthijs P ^c   Warman, John M ^c   Watson, Mark D ^d,e   Lemaur, Vincent ^f   Cornil, Jérôme ^f   Geerts, Yves Henri ^a   Gearba, Raluca ^a   Ivanov, Dimitri A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^g CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charge carrier mobility; Columnar mesophases; Electron deficient mesogens; Liquid crystals; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CARRIER MOBILITY; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; IRRADIATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICROWAVES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; RADIOLYSIS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CHARGE-CARRIER MOBILITY; COLUMNAR MESOPHASES; ELECTRON-DEFICIENT MESOGENS; HEXAAZATRINAPHTHYLENE (HATNA);

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 19944408650     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200400586     Document Type: Article

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