Ordering of poly(3-hexylthiophene) nanocrystallites on the basis of substrate surface energy

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2881-2886

  Meredig, Bryce ^a   Salleo, Alberto ^b   Gee, Richard ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular dynamics; Morphology; Ordering; OTFT; OTS; P3HT; Substrate

Indexed keywords

DISORDERED SUBSTRATES; END-GROUP FUNCTIONALITY; FUNCTIONALIZED SUBSTRATES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; ORDERING; OTFT; OTS; P3HT; PACKING DENSITY; PACKING ORDER; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POTENTIAL ENERGY LANDSCAPES; SIDE-CHAIN INTERACTIONS; SUBSTRATE SURFACE; TRANSISTOR PERFORMANCE; TRICHLOROSILANES;

CARRIER MOBILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MONOLAYERS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCRYSTALLITES; POTENTIAL ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACES; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 70350623239     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn800707z     Document Type: Article

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