One-step macroscopic alignment of conjugated polymer systems by epitaxial crystallization during spin-coating

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 2368-2377

  Müller, Christian ^a,d   Aghamohammadi, Mahdieh ^a   Himmelberger, Scott ^b   Sonar, Prashant ^c   Garriga, Miquel ^a   Salleo, Alberto ^b   Campoy Quiles, Mariano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^d CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

bulk heterojunction; epitaxy; fullerene; nucleation; polymer semiconductors; spherulite

Indexed keywords

1 ,3 ,5-TRICHLOROBENZENE; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; EPITAXIAL CRYSTALLIZATION; POLY(3-ALKYLTHIOPHENE); POLYMER SEMICONDUCTORS; RELATIVE DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; SPHERULITE; WIDE ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING;

ALIGNMENT; ANISOTROPY; CARRIER MOBILITY; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NUCLEATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYPROPYLENES; SOLVENTS; THIN FILMS;

PLASTIC COATINGS;

EID: 84877743532     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201202983     Document Type: Article

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