Competition between deformability and charge transport in semiconducting polymers for flexible and stretchable electronics

Predicting the Mechanical Properties of Organic Semiconductors Using Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulations

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Fatigue in organic semiconductors: Spectroscopic evolution of microstructure due to cyclic loading in poly(3-heptylthiophene)

(2016) Adam D. Printz et al.   SYNTHETIC METALS

Molecular-Scale Understanding of Cohesion and Fracture in P3HT:Fullerene Blends

(2015) Naga Rajesh Tummala et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

In-Depth Understanding of the Morphology–Performance Relationship in Polymer Solar Cells

(2015) Wenchao Huang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Yield Point of Semiconducting Polymer Films on Stretchable Substrates Determined by Onset of Buckling

(2015) Adam D. Printz et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Tuning Open-Circuit Voltage in Organic Solar Cells with Molecular Orientation

(2015) Brent Kitchen et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Role of Side-Chain Branching on Thin-Film Structure and Electronic Properties of Polythiophenes

(2015) Scott Himmelberger et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Using Molecular Design to Increase Hole Transport: Backbone Fluorination in the Benchmark Material Poly(2,5-bis(3-alkylthiophen-2-yl)thieno[3,2-b]-thiophene (pBTTT)

(2015) Pierre Boufflet et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Facile Preparation of High-Performance Elastically Stretchable Interconnects

(2015) Andreas Polywka et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

[70]PCBM and Incompletely Separated Grades of Methanofullerenes Produce Bulk Heterojunctions with Increased Robustness for Ultra-Flexible and Stretchable Electronics

(2015) Suchol Savagatrup et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Importance of Electron Transport Ability in Naphthalene Diimide-Based Polymer Acceptors for High-Performance, Additive-Free, All-Polymer Solar Cells

(2015) Joonhyeong Choi et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Mechanical degradation and stability of organic solar cells: molecular and microstructural determinants

(2015) Suchol Savagatrup et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Exciton diffusion in organic semiconductors

(2015) Oleksandr V. Mikhnenko et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Controlling Exciton Diffusion and Fullerene Distribution in Photovoltaic Blends by Side Chain Modification

(2015) Muhammad T. Sajjad et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Entanglements in P3HT and their influence on thin-film mechanical properties: Insights from molecular dynamics simulations

(2015) Naga Rajesh Tummala et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS

Tuning Mechanical and Optoelectrical Properties of Poly(3-hexylthiophene) through Systematic Regioregularity Control

(2015) Jin-Seong Kim et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Influence of Thin Film Confinement on Surface Plasticity in Polystyrene and Poly(2-vinylpyridine) Homopolymer and Block Copolymer Films

(2015) Bekele Gurmessa et al.   MACROMOLECULES

High-performance diketopyrrolopyrrole-based organic field-effect transistors for flexible gas sensors

(2015) Gi-Seong Ryu et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

A high mobility DPP-based polymer obtained via direct (hetero)arylation polymerization

(2015) Jean-Rémi Pouliot et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Experimental evidence that short-range intermolecular aggregation is sufficient for efficient charge transport in conjugated polymers

(2015) Suhao Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Role of molecular mixing on the stiffness of polymer:fullerene bulk heterojunction films

(2015) Adam D. Printz et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Viability of stretchable poly(3-heptylthiophene) (P3HpT) for organic solar cells and field-effect transistors

(2015) Suchol Savagatrup et al.   SYNTHETIC METALS

Flow-enhanced solution printing of all-polymer solar cells

(2015) Ying Diao et al.   Nature Communications

Flexible, highly efficient all-polymer solar cells

(2015) Taesu Kim et al.   Nature Communications

A chameleon-inspired stretchable electronic skin with interactive colour changing controlled by tactile sensing

(2015) Ho-Hsiu Chou et al.   Nature Communications

Percolation, Tie-Molecules, and the Microstructural Determinants of Charge Transport in Semicrystalline Conjugated Polymers

(2015) Sonya A. Mollinger et al.   ACS Macro Letters

An ABA triblock copolymer strategy for intrinsically stretchable semiconductors

(2015) Rui Peng et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Decohesion Kinetics in Polymer Organic Solar Cells

(2014) Christopher Bruner et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Architectural Engineering of Rod–Coil Compatibilizers for Producing Mechanically and Thermally Stable Polymer Solar Cells

(2014) Hyeong Jun Kim et al.   ACS Nano

Morphological Origin of Charge Transport Anisotropy in Aligned Polythiophene Thin Films

(2014) Brendan T. O'Connor et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

ε-Branched Flexible Side Chain Substituted Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Containing Polymers Designed for High Hole and Electron Mobilities

(2014) A-Reum Han et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Plasticization of PEDOT:PSS by Common Additives for Mechanically Robust Organic Solar Cells and Wearable Sensors

(2014) Suchol Savagatrup et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Highly Stretchable Polymer Transistors Consisting Entirely of Stretchable Device Components

(2014) Minkwan Shin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

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(2014) Suchol Savagatrup et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Role of Molecular Weight Distribution on Charge Transport in Semiconducting Polymers

(2014) Scott Himmelberger et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Role of Molecular Weight on the Mechanical Device Properties of Organic Polymer Solar Cells

(2014) Christopher Bruner et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Best of Both Worlds: Conjugated Polymers Exhibiting Good Photovoltaic Behavior and High Tensile Elasticity

(2014) Suchol Savagatrup et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Ultra-high mobility transparent organic thin film transistors grown by an off-centre spin-coating method

(2014) Yongbo Yuan et al.   Nature Communications

Increased elasticity of a low-bandgap conjugated copolymer by random segmentation for mechanically robust solar cells

(2014) Adam D. Printz et al.   RSC Advances

Molecular Intercalation and Cohesion of Organic Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaic Devices

(2013) Christopher Bruner et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Entanglement of Conjugated Polymer Chains Influences Molecular Self-Assembly and Carrier Transport

(2013) Kui Zhao et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Mechanical Properties of Conjugated Polymers and Polymer-Fullerene Composites as a Function of Molecular Structure

(2013) Suchol Savagatrup et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

25th Anniversary Article: A Decade of Organic/Polymeric Photovoltaic Research

(2013) Letian Dou et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

25th Anniversary Article: The Evolution of Electronic Skin (E-Skin): A Brief History, Design Considerations, and Recent Progress

(2013) Mallory L. Hammock et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Side Chain Engineering in Solution-Processable Conjugated Polymers

(2013) Jianguo Mei et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Stretching and conformal bonding of organic solar cells to hemispherical surfaces

(2013) Timothy F. O'Connor et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Charge Transport in Highly Face-On Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Films

(2013) Deepak Gargi et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Record High Hole Mobility in Polymer Semiconductors via Side-Chain Engineering

(2013) Il Kang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Conjugated Block Copolymer Photovoltaics with near 3% Efficiency through Microphase Separation

(2013) Changhe Guo et al.   NANO LETTERS

An ultra-lightweight design for imperceptible plastic electronics

(2013) Martin Kaltenbrunner et al.   NATURE

A general relationship between disorder, aggregation and charge transport in conjugated polymers

(2013) Rodrigo Noriega et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

A polymer optoelectronic interface restores light sensitivity in blind rat retinas

(2013) Diego Ghezzi et al.   Nature Photonics

Adhesion properties of inverted polymer solarcells: Processing and film structure parameters

(2013) Stephanie R. Dupont et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Onset of Plasticity in Thin Polystyrene Films

(2013) Bekele J. Gurmessa et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Flexible polymer transistors with high pressure sensitivity for application in electronic skin and health monitoring

(2013) Gregor Schwartz et al.   Nature Communications

Three-Dimensional Concentration Mapping of Organic Blends

(2012) John D. Roehling et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Charge transfer state in highly efficient polymer–fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells

(2012) Claudia Piliego et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Roll-to-Roll fabrication of large area functional organic materials

(2012) Roar R. Søndergaard et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS

Impact of Thermal Annealing on the Semicrystalline Nanomorphology of Spin-Coated Thin Films of Regioregular Poly(3-alkylthiophene)s as Observed by High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy and Grazing Incidence X-ray Diffraction

(2012) Shabi Thankaraj Salammal et al.   MACROMOLECULES

An electrically and mechanically self-healing composite with pressure- and flexion-sensitive properties for electronic skin applications

(2012) Benjamin C-K. Tee et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Enhanced power-conversion efficiency in polymer solar cells using an inverted device structure

(2012) Zhicai He et al.   Nature Photonics

Cumulative energy demand for small molecule and polymer photovoltaics

(2012) Annick Anctil et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

Film stresses and electrode buckling in organic solar cells

(2012) Vitali Brand et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Polymer- and carbon-based electrodes for polymer solar cells: Toward low-cost, continuous fabrication over large area

(2012) Riccardo Po et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Toward mechanically robust and intrinsically stretchable organic solar cells: Evolution of photovoltaic properties with tensile strain

(2012) Darren J. Lipomi et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Ultrathin and lightweight organic solar cells with high flexibility

(2012) Martin Kaltenbrunner et al.   Nature Communications

Correlating Stiffness, Ductility, and Morphology of Polymer:Fullerene Films for Solar Cell Applications

(2012) Omar Awartani et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Polydimethylsiloxane as a Macromolecular Additive for Enhanced Performance of Molecular Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells

(2011) Kenneth R. Graham et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Efficient Organic Tandem Solar Cells based on Small Molecules

(2011) Moritz Riede et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Anisotropic Structure and Charge Transport in Highly Strain-Aligned Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophene)

(2011) Brendan O'Connor et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Quantitative Analysis of Bulk Heterojunction Films Using Linear Absorption Spectroscopy and Solar Cell Performance

(2011) Sarah T. Turner et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Intrinsically Stretchable Polymer Light-Emitting Devices Using Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Composite Electrodes

(2011) Zhibin Yu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Stretchable Organic Solar Cells

(2011) Darren J. Lipomi et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Solar cells with one-day energy payback for the factories of the future

(2011) Nieves Espinosa et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Structure and morphology control in thin films of regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene)

(2011) Martin Brinkmann   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS

Molecular Packing of High-Mobility Diketo Pyrrolo-Pyrrole Polymer Semiconductors with Branched Alkyl Side Chains

(2011) Xinran Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Oriented Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Nanofibril with the π−π Stacking Growth Direction by Solvent Directional Evaporation

(2011) Jiangang Liu et al.   LANGMUIR

Tuning charge transport in solution-sheared organic semiconductors using lattice strain

(2011) Gaurav Giri et al.   NATURE

The speed limit for sequential charge hopping in molecular materials

(2011) Alessandro Troisi   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

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(2011) D.-H. Kim et al.   SCIENCE

Cohesion and device reliability in organic bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells

(2011) Vitali Brand et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Interlayer adhesion in roll-to-roll processed flexible inverted polymer solar cells

(2011) Stephanie R. Dupont et al.   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS

Effect of Confinement on Stiffness and Fracture of Thin Amorphous Polymer Films

(2011) Jung-Hyun Lee et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Correlations between Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Polythiophenes

(2010) Brendan O’Connor et al.   ACS Nano

Effects of Thermal Annealing Upon the Morphology of Polymer-Fullerene Blends

(2010) Eric Verploegen et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Microstructural Characterization and Charge Transport in Thin Films of Conjugated Polymers

(2010) Alberto Salleo et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

For the Bright Future-Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells with Power Conversion Efficiency of 7.4%

(2010) Yongye Liang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Charge Photogeneration in Organic Solar Cells

(2010) Tracey M. Clarke et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Organic thin-film transistors

(2010) Hagen Klauk   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Influence of Alkyl Side-Chain Length on the Performance of Poly(3-alkylthiophene)/Polyfluorene All-Polymer Solar Cells

(2010) Bettina Friedel et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Fully gravure and ink-jet printed high speed pBTTT organic thin film transistors

(2010) Alejandro de la Fuente Vornbrock et al.   ORGANIC ELECTRONICS

Organic Thin-Film Transistors Fabricated on Resorbable Biomaterial Substrates

(2009) Christopher J. Bettinger et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Determining exciton bandwidth and film microstructure in polythiophene films using linear absorption spectroscopy

(2009) Jenny Clark et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Elastic Moduli of Organic Electronic Materials by the Buckling Method

(2009) Dongha Tahk et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Evaluation of Solution-Processed Reduced Graphene Oxide Films as Transparent Conductors

(2008) Héctor A. Becerril et al.   ACS Nano

Narrow‐Bandgap Diketo‐Pyrrolo‐Pyrrole Polymer Solar Cells: The Effect of Processing on the Performance

(2008) Martijn M. Wienk et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Processing Additives for Improved Efficiency from Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells

(2008) Jae Kwan Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Fabrication and processing of polymer solar cells: A review of printing and coating techniques

(2008) Frederik C. Krebs   SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS