Determining exciton bandwidth and film microstructure in polythiophene films using linear absorption spectroscopy

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 16, 2009, Pages

  Clark, Jenny ^a   Chang, Jui Fen ^b   Spano, Frank C ^c   Friend, Richard H ^b   Silva, Carlos ^d  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Temple University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE MODELS; EXCITON BANDWIDTHS; FILM MICROSTRUCTURES; LINEAR ABSORPTION SPECTRUM; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLYTHIOPHENE FILMS; PROCESSING CONDITIONS; REGIO REGULARS; THIN-FILM;

ABSORPTION; AGGREGATES; EXCITONS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 65449145539     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3110904     Document Type: Article

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