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Title: Generic packing motifs in vapor-deposited glasses of organic semiconductors

Journal Article · · Soft Matter
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c9sm01155b· OSTI ID:1576797

We study the structure of vapor-deposited glasses of five common organic semiconductors as a function of substrate temperature during deposition, using synchrotron X-ray scattering. For deposition at a substrate temperature of ~0.8$$T_g$$ (where $$T_g$$ is the glass transition temperature), we find a generic tendency towards “face-on” packing in glasses of anisotropic molecules. At higher substrate temperature however this generic behavior breaks down; glasses of rod-shaped molecules exhibit a more pronounced tendency for end-on packing. Our study provides guidelines to create face-on and end-on packing motifs in organic glasses, which can promote efficient charge transport in OLED and OFET devices respectively.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515; SC0002161
OSTI ID:
1576797
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1568933; OSTI ID: 1605680
Journal Information:
Soft Matter, Vol. 15, Issue 38; ISSN 1744-683X
Publisher:
Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 13 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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