Identification of the possible defect states in poly(3-hexylthiophene) thin films

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1359-1364

  Feng, D Q ^a   Caruso, A N ^b   Losovyj, Y B ^c   Shulz, D L ^b   Dowben, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR ORBITALS; PHOTOEMISSION; POLYMER FILMS; THIN FILMS;

DEFECT STATES; MOLECULAR ORBITAL GAPS; STRUCTURAL DEFECTS;

DEFECT DENSITY;

EID: 34548794832     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: 15482634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.20820     Document Type: Article

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