Electronic properties of disordered organic semiconductors via QM/MM simulations

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 995-1004

  Difley, Seth ^a   Wang, Lee Ping ^a   Yeganeh, Sina ^a   Yost, Shane R ^a   Voorhis, Troy Van ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 77954838156     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar900246s     Document Type: Article

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