Molecular dynamics simulations of organic photovoltaic materials: Structure and Dynamics of oligothiophene

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 116, Issue 28, 2012, Pages 14873-14882

  Reddy, S Y ^a   Kuppa, Vikram K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MATERIAL; BULK SYSTEM; DENSITY FLUCTUATION; EFFECTIVE CONJUGATION LENGTH; FORCE FIELDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANOSCALE MORPHOLOGY; OLIGOTHIOPHENES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLYMER PHASE; QUALITATIVE CHANGES; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT;

FULLERENES;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 84863944799     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp212548r     Document Type: Article

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