Enhanced electrical conductivity in poly(3-hexylthiophene)/fluorinated tetracyanoquinodimethane nanowires grown with a porous alumina template

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 7266-7270

  Hu, Jianchen ^a,b   Clark, Kendal W ^c   Hayakawa, Ryoma ^a   Li, An Ping ^c   Wakayama, Yutaka ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODIZED ALUMINUM OXIDE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POROUS ALUMINA TEMPLATES; TEMPLATE-ASSISTED SYNTHESIS; TETRACYANOQUINODIMETHANE; THIN FILM COMPOSITES;

CARRIER MOBILITY; NANOWIRES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

EID: 84879144743     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la304499k     Document Type: Article

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