Nanoscopic management of molecular packing and orientation of small molecules by a combination of linear and branched alkyl side chains

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 5988-6003

  Jung, Minwoo ^a,b   Yoon, Youngwoon ^a   Park, Jae Hoon ^c   Cha, Wonsuk ^d   Kim, Ajeong ^d   Kang, Jinback ^d   Gautam, Sanjeev ^a   Seo, Dongkyun ^e   Cho, Jeong Ho ^c   Kim, Hyunjung ^d   Choi, Jong Yong ^a   Chae, Keun Hwa ^a   Kwak, Kyungwon ^e   Son, Hae Jung ^a   Ko, Min Jae ^a   Kim, Honggon ^a   Lee, Doh Kwon ^a   Kim, Jin Young ^a   Choi, Dong Hoon ^b   Kim, Bongsoo ^a,b,f  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^d Sogang University   (South Korea)

^e Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^f University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

conjugated small molecules; hole mobility; molecular orientation; molecular self assembly; organic field effect transistors; organic photovoltaic cells; organic semiconductors; power conversion efficiency

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; HOLE MOBILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODELING; MOLECULES; ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CONJUGATED SMALL MOLECULES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR SELF ASSEMBLY; NEAR EDGE X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPIES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUANTUM MECHANICS/MOLECULAR MECHANICS;

MOLECULAR ORIENTATION;

EID: 84903460072     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn501133y     Document Type: Article

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