Exploring the energy landscape of the charge transport levels in organic semiconductors at the molecular scale

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 434-443

  Cornil, J ^a   Verlaak, S ^b   Martinelli, N ^a   Mityashin, A ^b,e   Olivier, Y ^a   Van Regemorter, T ^a   D'Avino, G ^c   Muccioli, L ^c   Zannoni, C ^c   Castet, F ^d   Beljonne, D ^a   Heremans, P ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^b IMEC   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SEMICONDUCTOR; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SEMICONDUCTORS; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84874093850     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar300198p     Document Type: Article

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