Polarized X-ray scattering reveals non-crystalline orientational ordering in organic films

Nature Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 536-543

  Collins, B A ^a   Cochran, J E ^b   Yan, H ^a   Gann, E ^a   Hub, C ^c   Fink, R ^c   Wang, C ^d   Schuettfort, T ^e   McNeill, C R ^f   Chabinyc, M L ^b   Ade, H ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLECULES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; X RAY SCATTERING;

INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUE; OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ORIENTATIONAL ORDERINGS; POLYMERIC TRANSISTORS; RESONANT SCATTERING; SCATTERING ANISOTROPY; SMALL MOLECULE THIN FILMS;

MOLECULAR ORIENTATION;

EID: 84862742569     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3310     Document Type: Article

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