Influence of alkyl chain length on charge transport in symmetrically substituted poly(2,5-dialkoxy-p-phenylenevinylene) polymers

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Tuladhar, Sachetan M ^a   Sims, Marc ^a   Kirkpatrick, James ^a   Maher, Robert C ^a   Chatten, Amanda J ^a   Bradley, Donal D C ^a   Nelson, Jenny ^a   Etchegoin, Pablo G ^b   Nielsen, Christian B ^a   Massiot, Philippe ^a   George, Wayne N ^a   Steinke, Joachim H G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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EID: 59249098175     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.035201     Document Type: Article

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