Anisotropic assembly of conjugated polymer nanocrystallites for enhanced charge transport

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 21541-21549

  Chang, Mincheol ^a   Lee, Jiho ^a   Chu, Ping Hsun ^a   Choi, Dalsu ^a   Park, Byoungnam ^c   Reichmanis, Elsa ^a,b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Hong Ik University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

anisotropic assembly; molecular ordering; nanofibers; organic field effect transistors; poly(3 hexylthiophene)

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANISOTROPY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARRIER TRANSPORT; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; IRRADIATION; NANOCRYSTALLITES; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOFIBERS; ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; URANIUM METALLOGRAPHY; VANADIUM METALLOGRAPHY;

INTERMOLECULAR ORDERING; MOLECULAR ORDERING; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLYMER CHAINS; PRECURSOR SOLUTIONS; QUANTITATIVE MODELING; ULTRA-SONICATION; UV IRRADIATION;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 84917726717     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am506546k     Document Type: Article

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