Instability and pattern formation induced in thin crystalline layers of a conducting polymer P3HT by unstable carrier films of an insulating polymer

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 116, Issue 40, 2012, Pages 21615-21621

  Xu, Lin ^a   Sharma, Ashutosh ^a,b   Joo, Sang Woo ^a  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING ELASTICITY; BI-LAYER; CARRIER FILMS; CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; CRYSTALLINE LAYERS; DE-WETTING; DEWETTING PROCESS; HOLE GROWTH; INSULATING POLYMER; ISOLATED ISLANDS; LENGTH SCALE; LINEARLY PROPORTIONAL; MICROSTRUCTURE FORMATION; PATTERN FORMATION; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); REGIO-REGULAR; SELF-ORGANIZED MORPHOLOGY; SI WAFER; THIN POLYMERS; UNDERLAYERS;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELASTICITY; KINETICS; SILICON WAFERS;

GROWTH KINETICS;

EID: 84867519667     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp305982x     Document Type: Article

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