Mechanism of crystallization and implications for charge transport in poly(3-ethylhexylthiophene) thin films

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 28, 2014, Pages 4515-4521

  Duong, Duc T ^a   Ho, Victor ^b   Shang, Zhengrong ^a   Mollinger, Sonya ^a   Mannsfeld, Stefan C B ^c   Dacuña, Javier ^a   Toney, Michael F ^c   Segalman, Rachel ^b   Salleo, Alberto ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

charge transport; conjugated polymers; organic field effect transistors; organic semiconductors; thin films

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CARRIER TRANSPORT; CHAINS; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; FILM GROWTH; FILM THICKNESS; KINETICS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOLVENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AGGREGATE GROWTH; AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT; GRAZING INCIDENCE X-RAY DIFFRACTION; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; PERSISTENCE LENGTH; POLYMER CHAINS; RECRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 84904681676     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201304247     Document Type: Article

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