Print Email Facebook Twitter Charge transport along molecular wires Title Charge transport along molecular wires Author Prins, P. Contributor Siebbels, L.D.A. (promotor) Faculty Applied Sciences Date 2007-03-20 Abstract Imagine plastic electronics ... Consumer products such as mobile phones, mp3 players and palmtop computers that do not break when you accidentally drop them, with flexible displays. Moreover, these all plastic products would be cheaper than the current products based on conventional semi conductors. Apart from these advantaged, there is also a disadvantage to plastic electronics. The main factor that determines the efficiency of electronic devices is the mobility of charges in the material. Experiments with plastic electronic components show that the mobility of charges in plastic is at least a thousand times lower than in conventional semi conductors. We determined the mobility of charges along isolated polymer chains and along polymers chains as they are used in electronic components. Our (experimental and calculated) results show that the motion of charges is not only strongly hindered by the chain ends and by breaks in the chains, but also by disorder along the polymer chains and in the direct environment. Our results indicate that mobility along polymers with a relatively rigid, ladder-type structure (in a ordered environment) can be as high as the mobilities for charges in conventional semi conductors and about a factor of thousand higher than the mobilities determined experimentally for polymers so far. Subject trmccharge transportconjugated polymers To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ee6fbb59-c39d-44cf-8df5-9a9fe1059015 ISBN 978-90-6464-089-6 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type doctoral thesis Rights (c) 2007 P. Prins Files PDF iri_prins_20070320.pdf 15.86 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:ee6fbb59-c39d-44cf-8df5-9a9fe1059015/datastream/OBJ/view