Chain conformations dictate multiscale charge transport phenomena in disordered semiconducting polymers

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 41, 2013, Pages 16315-16320

  Noriega, Rodrigo ^a   Salleo, Alberto ^b   Spakowitz, Andrew J ^c  

^a Department of Applied Physics ^*  (United States)

^b Materials Science and Engineering   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge mobility; Computational model; Organic electronics

Indexed keywords

MONOMER; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE;

CHARGE MOBILITY; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 84885345810     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1307158110     Document Type: Article

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