Correlations between mechanical and electrical properties of polythiophenes

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 7538-7544

  O'Connor, Brendan ^a   Chan, Edwin P ^a   Chan, Calvin ^a   Conrad, Brad R ^a   Richter, Lee J ^a   Kline, R Joseph ^a   Heeney, Martin ^b   McCulloch, Iain ^b   Soles, Christopher L ^a   DeLongchamp, Dean M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

elastic modulus; flexible electronics; organic electronics; P3HT; pBTTT

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM CONTACTS; CHARGE MOBILITIES; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; FIELD-EFFECT MOBILITIES; LONG RANGE ORDERS; MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL PROPERTY MEASUREMENTS; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR; P3HT; PBTTT; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POLY-THIOPHENE; POLYTHIOPHENES; REGIO-REGULAR;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; THIOPHENE;

ELASTIC MODULI;

EID: 78650748885     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn1018768     Document Type: Article

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