ANISOTROPIC DC-CONDUCTIVITY IN STRETCH-ORIENTED IODINE-DOPED POLY[3-(4-OCTYLPHENYL)-2,2'-BITHIOPHENE]

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DYREKLEV, P
INGANAS, O
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[1] Laboratory of Applied Physics, Department of Physics (IFM) Linköping University
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10.1016/0379-6779(94)02499-O
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T [工业技术];
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A square four point probe is constructed to measure anisotropic conductivity of small samples. The method is applied to measurements of the anisotropic conductivity of a conjugated polymer. The polymer poly[3-(4-octylphenyl)-2,2'-bithiophene] is stretch oriented to various elongations and doped with I-2 vapour. The conductivity anisotropy is dependent on the degree of orientation and the absolute conductivity. Anisotropy values of 2.4 is obtained for an elongation of 4 times. For a given elongation the conductivity anisotropy decreases during the spontaneous undoping. The experimental results are discussed in terms of varying charge hopping distances.
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