Work Function Modification in P3HT H/J Aggregate Nanostructures Revealed by Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy and Photoluminescence Imaging

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 7105-7112

  Aghgar, Mina ^a,b   Barnes, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

H J aggregates; interchain coupling; Kelvin probe force microscopy; nanowires; P3HT; photoluminescence; poly 3 hexylthiophene

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFIBERS; NANOWIRES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERS; PROBES;

HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; INTERCHAIN COUPLING; KELVIN PROBE FORCE MICROSCOPY; P3HT; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE IMAGING; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; SURFACE ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; WORK FUNCTION MODIFICATION;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 84938150014     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b03422     Document Type: Article

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