Novel ways to significantly enhance the conductivity of transparent PEDOT:PSS

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7415, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Fan, Benhu ^a   Xia, Yijie ^a   Ouyang, Jianyong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anion exchange; Anionic surfactant; Conducting polymer; Conductivity; Conformation; PEDOT:PSS; Salt; Transparent

Indexed keywords

ANION EXCHANGE; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONDUCTIVITY; CONDUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENES; PEDOT:PSS; POLY(STYRENE SULFONATE); SALT EFFECT; TRANSPARENT;

BIOPHYSICS; CATIONIC SURFACTANTS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONFORMATIONS; DYES; LIGHT EMISSION; NEGATIVE IONS; NONIONIC SURFACTANTS; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUTIONS;

ANIONIC SURFACTANTS;

EID: 77955672041     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.826009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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