| EPSRC Reference: |
EP/G068356/1 |
| Title: |
Interfacial domain structure of polycrystalline semiconducting polymer films |
| Principal Investigator: |
Sirringhaus, Professor H |
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| Department: |
Physics |
| Organisation: |
University of Cambridge |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research |
| Starts: |
01 October 2009 |
Ends: |
30 September 2013 |
Value (£): |
131,322
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Materials Characterisation |
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17 Feb 2009
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Next Generation Facility User Panel 2008
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Announced
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Summary on Grant Application Form |
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The objective of the proposed research is to use cutting-edge synchrotron-based techniques to answer fundamental questions regarding the operation of real-world organic electronic devices. Electronic devices based on organic (carbon-based) semiconductors are just beginning to enter the market place enabling a new generation of low-cost, flexible electronic displays and devices. Unlike traditional inorganic semiconductor materials such as Silicon, organic semiconductors have a highly complicated and often disordered film structure. Therefore to improve our understanding of the operation of these devices we need to fully characterise the structure of these films. Synchrotron-based microscopes are powerful tools that are ideally suited to this task that allow for the bulk and surface structure of materials to be probed with sub-micrometre resolution. Additionally, the use of lower energy soft X-rays with energies that match the molecular resonances in carbon-based materials allows for additional structural and chemical information to be extracted. The results of this research will help to enable next generation organic semiconductor materials and devices.
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http://www.cam.ac.uk |