Solvent based hydrogen bonding: Impact on poly(3-hexylthiophene) nanoscale morphology and charge transport characteristics

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 5402-5413

  Chang, Mincheol ^a   Choi, Dalsu ^a   Fu, Boyi ^a   Reichmanis, Elsa ^a,b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

stacking; Hansen solubility parameters; hydrogen bonding; organic field effect transistors; poly(3 hexylthiophene); solvent mixtures; supramolecular assembly

Indexed keywords

FIELD-EFFECT MOBILITIES; HANSEN SOLUBILITY PARAMETERS; HYDROGEN BONDING INTERACTIONS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); SOLVENT MIXTURES; SUPRAMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES; THIN-FILM PROPERTIES; TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS;

ACETONE; CARRIER MOBILITY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN BONDS; MIXTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; POLYMER FILMS; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

NANOMATERIAL; POLY(3 HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); SOLVENT; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYDROGEN BOND; SOLUBILITY;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS; THIOPHENES;

EID: 84879641054     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn401323f     Document Type: Article

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