Charge-Transport Anisotropy Due to Grain Boundaries in Directionally Crystallized Thin Films of Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene)

Advanced Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1568-1572

  Jimison, Leslie H ^a   Toney, Michael F ^a   McCulloch, Iain ^a   Heeney, Martin ^b   Salleo, Alberto ^c  

^a 239 McCullough Building ^*  (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC FIBER; ANISOTROPIC THIN FILMS; CHARGE TRANSPORT; CONTINUOUS FILMS; CRYSTALLINE ANISOTROPY; DIRECTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; FILM TEXTURES; HIGH RESOLUTION; IN-PLANE; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); REGIO-REGULAR; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SELECTIVE CRYSTALLIZATION; SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYMER; SEMICRYSTALLINE; SMALL MOLECULES; TRICHLOROBENZENE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARRIER MOBILITY; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; THIN FILMS;

ANISOTROPY;

EID: 66149149023     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200802722     Document Type: Article

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