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Title: Resonant Soft X-ray Scattering Reveals the Distribution of Dopants in Semicrystalline Conjugated Polymers

Journal Article · · Journal of Physical Chemistry. B
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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93117, United States
  2. Materials Department, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93117, United States
  3. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93117, United States
  4. Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
  5. Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States, Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 92720, United States
  6. National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
  7. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93117, United States, Materials Department, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93117, United States, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93117, United States
  8. Materials Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States

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Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); University of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program; US Department of Energy; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22), Scientific User Facilities Division (SC-22.3 ); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231; AC02-76SF00515; SC0012704; SC0016390; SC0019272
OSTI ID:
2479923
Report Number(s):
BNL--226433-2024-JAAM
Journal Information:
Journal of Physical Chemistry. B, Journal Name: Journal of Physical Chemistry. B Journal Issue: 50 Vol. 128; ISSN 1520-6106
Publisher:
American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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