Substrate-induced phase of a [1]benzothieno[3,2- b ]benzothiophene derivative and phase evolution by aging and solvent vapor annealing

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1868-1873

  Jones, Andrew O F ^a   Geerts, Yves H ^a   Karpinska, Jolanta ^a   Kennedy, Alan R ^b   Resel, Roland ^c   Röthel, Christian ^c   Ruzié, Christian ^a   Werzer, Oliver ^d   Sferrazza, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

organic electronics; organic thin films; polymorphism; substrate induced phase; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; POLYMORPHISM; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SOLVENTS; THIN FILMS; THIOPHENE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVES; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR FILMS; ORGANIC THIN FILMS; SOLVENT-VAPOR ANNEALING; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; STRUCTURAL INVESTIGATION; TRANSPORT CAPABILITIES;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 84921759298     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5075908     Document Type: Article

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