Different interface orientations of pentacene and PTCDA induce different degrees of disorder

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Poschlad, Angela ^a   Meded, Velimir ^a   Maul, Robert ^a   Wenzel, Wolfgang ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interface disorder; Molecular dynamics; Organic electronic devices; Organic interfaces; Pentacene; PTCDA

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS;

INTERFACE DISORDERS; ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES; ORGANIC INTERFACES; PENTACENES; PTCDA;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 84863995791     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-248     Document Type: Article

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