The isotopic effects of deuteration on optoelectronic properties of conducting polymers

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Shao, Ming ^a   Keum, Jong ^a   Chen, Jihua ^a   He, Youjun ^a   Chen, Wei ^b,c   Browning, James F ^a   Jakowski, Jacek ^d   Sumpter, Bobby G ^a   Ivanov, Ilia N ^a   Ma, Ying Zhong ^a   Rouleau, Christopher M ^a   Smith, Sean C ^a   Geohegan, David B ^a   Hong, Kunlun ^a   Xiao, Kai ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d University of Tennessee NICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; DEUTERIUM; ISOTOPE; POLY(3 HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLYMER; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; [6,6]PHENYL C61 BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

CHEMICAL BONDING; CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRONICS; FILM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MORPHOLOGY; NEUTRON SCATTERING; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTY; PHONON; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84893060547     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4180     Document Type: Article

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