Crystalline vs liquid crystalline perylene bisimides: Improved electron mobility via substituent alteration

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 92-102

  Muth, Mathis Andreas ^a,c   Gupta, Gaurav ^b   Wicklein, André ^a   Carrasco Orozco, Miguel ^c   Thurn Albrecht, Thomas ^b   Thelakkat, Mukundan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c Chilworth Technical Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROPHOBIC ALKYL CHAIN; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE COMPOUNDS; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE PHASIS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; STRUCTURE AND MORPHOLOGY; SUBSTITUTED COMPOUNDS; SUBSTITUTION PATTERNS;

AMORPHOUS FILMS; AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; ELECTRON MOBILITY; LIQUIDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

EID: 84892600311     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4086602     Document Type: Article

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