Molecular origin of high field-effect mobility in an indacenodithiophene- benzothiadiazole copolymer

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Xinran ^a   Bronstein, Hugo ^b   Kronemeijer, Auke J ^c   Smith, Jeremy ^d   Kim, Youngju ^d,e   Kline, R Joseph ^a   Richter, Lee J ^a   Anthopoulos, Thomas D ^d   Sirringhaus, Henning ^c   Song, Kigook ^e   Heeney, Martin ^d   Zhang, Weimin ^d   McCulloch, Iain ^d   Delongchamp, Dean M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; INDACENODITHIOPHENE BENZOTHIADIAZOLE COPOLYMER; POLYSTYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; DIFFRACTION; MOBILITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLARIZATION; POLYMER; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONICS; ELLIPSOMETRY; FILM; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLARIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RIGIDITY; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS; TRANSPORT KINETICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84881326655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3238     Document Type: Article

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