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Polymer Charge Transport: Charge‐Transport Anisotropy Due to Grain Boundaries in Directionally Crystallized Thin Films of Regioregular Poly(3‐hexylthiophene) (Adv. Mater. 16/2009)
Author(s) -
Jimison Leslie H.,
Toney Michael F.,
McCulloch Iain,
Heeney Martin,
Salleo Alberto
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200990052
Subject(s) - materials science , charge (physics) , polymer , grain boundary , thin film , anisotropy , characterization (materials science) , polymer chemistry , chemical physics , composite material , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , optics , microstructure , physics , engineering , quantum mechanics
Grain boundaries can be engineered in directionally oriented thin films of poly(3‐hexylthiophene) report Alberto Salleo and co‐workers on p. 1568 . Charge‐transport studies coupled with X‐ray and AFM characterization indicate that intergrain transport is greatly facilitated when neighboring grains can be bridged by relatively straight polymer chains.