Substrate-induced variations of molecular packing, dynamics, and intermolecular electronic couplings in pentacene monolayers on the amorphous silica dielectric

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 690-700

  Viani, Lucas ^a,d   Risko, Chad ^a   Toney, Michael F ^b   Breiby, Dag W ^c   Brédas, Jean Luc ^a,e  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

charge carrier transport; organic inorganic interface; X ray scattering simulations

Indexed keywords

ATOMISTIC MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; CHARGE-CARRIER MOBILITY; CHARGE-CARRIER TRANSPORT; ELECTRONIC COUPLING; GRAZING INCIDENCE X-RAY DIFFRACTION; MOLECULAR PACKINGS; ORGANIC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS; ORGANIC-INORGANIC INTERFACE;

COUPLINGS; GATE DIELECTRICS; MONOLAYERS; ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SILICA; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMORPHOUS FILMS;

EID: 84893469574     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn405399n     Document Type: Article

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