An efficient strategy for improving carrier transport performance- Introducing fluorine into aryl substituted tetracene

Organic Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1359-1369

  Zhang, Bing ^a,b   Kan, Yu He ^a,b   Geng, Yun ^b   Duan, Yu Ai ^b   Li, Hai Bin ^b   Hua, Jian ^a   Su, Zhong Min ^b  

^a HUAIYIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Density functional theory calculation; Fluorination; Molecular packing; Organic field effect transistors; Transport parameter

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; COMPUTATION THEORY; DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FLUORINATION; FLUORINE; HALOGENATION; ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

COMPUTATIONAL PROTOCOLS; FLUORINATED DERIVATIVES; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR PACKINGS; REORGANIZATION ENERGIES; TRANSPORT MATERIALS; TRANSPORT PARAMETERS; TRANSPORT PERFORMANCE;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84875404475     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2013.02.017     Document Type: Article

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