Mobility enhancement through homogeneous nematic alignment of a liquid-crystalline polyfluorene

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Redecker, M [1 ]
Bradley, DDC
Inbasekaran, M
Woo, EP
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[1] Univ Sheffield, Dept Phys & Astron, Sheffield S3 7RH, S Yorkshire, England
[2] Univ Sheffield, Ctr Mol Mat, Sheffield S3 7RH, S Yorkshire, England
[3] Dow Chem Co, Cent & New Business R&D, Midland, MI 48674 USA
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10.1063/1.123563
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Homogeneous alignment of poly(9,9 '-dioctylfluorene) films on rubbed polyimide results in a more than one order of magnitude increase in time-of-flight hole mobility normal to the alignment direction. We find mu = 8.5+/-1 x 10(-3) cm(2)/V s at an electric field of E = 10(4) V/cm. Hole transport is found to be nondispersive, indicating a low degree of energetic disorder. (C) 1999 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(99)04210-2].
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