The Density of States and the Transport Effective Mass in a Highly Oriented Semiconducting Polymer: Electronic Delocalization in 1D

  • Ben Bang Yu Hsu
  • , Cheng Maw Cheng
  • , Chan Luo
  • , Shrayesh N. Patel
  • , Cheng Zhong
  • , Haitao Sun
  • , Jessica Sherman
  • , Byoung Hoon Lee
  • , Lei Ying
  • , Ming Wang
  • , Guillermo Bazan
  • , Michael Chabinyc
  • , Jean Luc Brédas
  • , Alan Heeger

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Abstract

The determination of the band structure along k parallel to the chain direction demonstrates significant electronic delocalization. The small effective mass [m∗ = 0.106mo] is consistent with the high measured mobility.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)7759-7765
Number of pages7
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume27
Issue number47
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 16 2015
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • 1D electronic structure
  • density of states
  • effective mass
  • high mobility
  • semiconducting polymer

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Materials Science
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

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