High carrier mobility polythiophene thin films: Structure determination by experiment and theory

Advanced Materials

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 833-837

  DeLongchamp, Dean M ^a   Kline, R Joseph ^a   Lin, Eric K ^a   Fischer, Daniel A ^a   Richter, Lee J ^a   Lucas, Leah A ^b   Heeney, Martin ^c   McCulloch, Iain ^c   Northrup, John E ^d  

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

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Merck Chemicals   (United Kingdom)

^d PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; LAMELLAR STRUCTURES; THIOPHENE; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY;

CONJUGATED PLANE; POLYMER SEMICONDUCTORS; STRUCTURE DETERMINATION; THIOPHENE POLYMERS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 34250658543     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200602651     Document Type: Article

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