The impact of polydispersity and molecular weight on the order-disorder transition in poly(3-hexylthiophene)

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 2742-2747

  Panzer, Fabian ^a,b   Bässler, Heinz ^b   Lohwasser, Ruth ^a,b   Thelakkat, Mukundan ^a,b   Köhler, Anna ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

absorption; aggregation; fluorescence; phase transition; temperature dependent

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AGGLOMERATION; CARRIER MOBILITY; CHAINS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

CONTROLLED PROCESS; FIRST-ORDER PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; STEADY-STATE ABSORPTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TETRAHYDROFURANS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 84905728100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz5009938     Document Type: Article

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