Significant dependence of morphology and charge carrier mobility on substrate surface chemistry in high performance polythiophene semiconductor films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Kline, R Joseph ^a   DeLongchamp, Dean M ^a   Fischer, Daniel A ^a   Lin, Eric K ^a   Heeney, Martin ^b   McCulloch, Iain ^b   Toney, Michael F ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Merck Chemicals   (United Kingdom)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; CHARGE CARRIERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICROMETERS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

CHARGE CARRIER MOBILITY; LARGE SCALE CRYSTALLINITY; POLYTHIOPHENE; SUBSTRATE SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

SEMICONDUCTING FILMS;

EID: 33846979749     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2472533     Document Type: Article

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