Morphological studies of blends of conjugated polymers and acceptor molecules using langevin dynamics simulations

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 64-77

  Marsh, Hilary S ^a   Jayaraman, Arthi ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

conjugated polymers; molecular dynamics; morphology; simulations

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTOR MOLECULES; ALKYL SIDE CHAINS; COARSE-GRAINED; CONJUGATED BACKBONES; CONJUGATED OLIGOMER; INTERCONNECTED DOMAINS; LANGEVIN DYNAMICS; LAYER-BY-LAYERS; MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY; PAIRWISE INTERACTION; SIDE-CHAINS; SIMULATIONS;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOLECULES; MORPHOLOGY; OLIGOMERS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 84870339377     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: 10990488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/polb.23181     Document Type: Article

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