Erratum: Insights into π-conjugated small molecule neat films and blends as determined through photoconductivity (ACS Nano (2012) 6 (8735-8745) DOI: 10.1021/nn303724m);Insights into π-conjugated small molecule neat films and blends as determined through photoconductivity

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 8735-8745

  Jasieniak, Jacek J ^a,b   Hsu, Ben B Y ^a   Takacs, Christopher J ^a   Welch, Gregory C ^a   Bazan, Guillermo C ^a   Moses, Daniel ^a   Heeger, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

additive; binding energy; bulk heterojunction; fullerene; photoconductivity; small molecule

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; BINDING ENERGY; CARRIER TRANSPORT; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLECULES;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CARRIER GENERATION; CHARGE TRANSPORT MECHANISMS; CONJUGATED SMALL MOLECULES; PHOTOCONDUCTIVE RESPONSE; SMALL MOLECULES; SOLUTION-PROCESSED; STEADY-STATE PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY;

PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY;

FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FULLERENES; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84867797042     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn4001319     Document Type: Erratum

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