Development of highly conductive nanodomains in poly(3-hexylthiophene) films studied by conductive atomic force microscopy

Polymer

Volumn 54, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 3443-3447

  Osaka, Miki ^a   Benten, Hiroaki ^a   Lee, Li Ting ^a,c   Ohkita, Hideo ^a,b   Ito, Shinzaburo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Conductive atomic force microscopy; Nanoscale current imaging; Poly(3 hexylthiophene)

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARRIER MOBILITY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; THIN FILMS;

CONDUCTIVE ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONDUCTIVE NETWORKS; CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; CURRENT IMAGING; MACROSCOPIC CONDUCTIVITY; O-DICHLOROBENZENE; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); THERMAL-ANNEALING;

CONDUCTIVE FILMS;

EID: 84878850037     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2013.04.061     Document Type: Article

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