Molecular solubility and hansen solubility parameters for the analysis of phase separation in bulk heterojunctions

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 1405-1413

  Duong, Duc T ^a   Walker, Bright ^b   Lin, Jason ^a   Kim, Chunki ^a   Love, John ^a   Purushothaman, Balaji ^c   Anthony, John E ^c   Nguyen, Thuc Quyen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

atomic force microscopy AFM; bulk heterojunction; cohesive energy density; conjugated polymers; morphology; solubility

Indexed keywords

AFM; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; COHESIVE ENERGY DENSITY; COHESIVE FORCE; DIPOLE INTERACTION; DISPERSION FORCE; DONOR AND ACCEPTOR; DONOR-ACCEPTORS; FABRICATION PROCEDURE; FILM MORPHOLOGY; FILM-FORMING; HANSEN SOLUBILITY PARAMETERS; NANO SCALE; ORGANIC MATERIALS; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTING MATERIALS; SOLUBILITY DATA; SOLVENT PROPERTIES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; DISPERSIONS; HYDROGEN BONDS; MOLECULES; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE SEPARATION; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84866024321     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: 10990488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/polb.23153     Document Type: Article

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