High hole mobility in room temperature discotic liquid crystalline tetrathienoanthracenes
Indu Bala, Joydip De, Santosh Prasad Gupta, Harpreet Singh, Upendra Kumar Pandey, Santanu Kumar Pal
Abstract
Tetrathienoanthracene (TTA), a new discotic core fragment, is explored that shows a remarkably high hole mobility (μh) of 4.22 cm2 V-1 s-1 at room temperature when used in space-charge limited current (SCLC) devices. Strong co-facial interactions (π-π, SS) among TTA cores along with a high tendency of the derivative to align homeotropically in the columnar mesophase over a large area in SCLC cells contributed to the top-class charge carrier mobility.
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Discotic liquid crystalMaterials scienceLiquid crystallineChemical engineeringChemical physicsChemistryCrystallographyOptoelectronicsLiquid crystalEngineeringLiquid Crystal Research AdvancementsSurfactants and Colloidal SystemsNonlinear Optical Materials Studies