Experimental evidence that short-range intermolecular aggregation is sufficient for efficient charge transport in conjugated polymers

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 34, 2015, Pages 10599-10604

  Wang, Suhao ^a   Fabiano, Simone ^a   Himmelberger, Scott ^b   Puzinas, Skomantas ^a   Crispin, Xavier ^a   Salleo, Alberto ^b   Berggren, Magnus ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED POLYMER; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFORMATION; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONICS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE CHARGE; THICKNESS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84940399493     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1501381112     Document Type: Article

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