One-dimensional self-confinement promotes polymorph selection in large-area organic semiconductor thin films

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Giri, Gaurav ^a   Li, Ruipeng ^b   Smilgies, Detlef M ^c   Li, Er Qiang ^b   Diao, Ying ^a   Lenn, Kristina M ^d   Chiu, Melanie ^a   Lin, Debora W ^a   Allen, Ranulfo ^a   Reinspach, Julia ^a   Mannsfeld, Stefan C B ^e   Thoroddsen, Sigurdur T ^b   Clancy, Paulette ^d   Bao, Zhenan ^a   Amassian, Aram ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d Cornell University   (United States)

^e SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; FILM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY; SOLVENT;

AIR; ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; FILM; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR SIZE; POLARIZATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTOR; SIMULATION; SURFACE TENSION; TIME; VELOCITY; ELECTRONICS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BIS(TRIISOPROPYLSILYLETHYNYL)PENTACENE; ORGANOSILICON DERIVATIVE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTRONICS; OPTICAL IMAGING; ORGANOSILICON COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 84898809383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4573     Document Type: Article

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