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The aluminum/polythiophene interface: a case study in molecular electronics and computational chemistry

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Conjugated polymer/metal interfaces are formed during the construction of thin-film polymer light-emitting diodes. The nature of the interface may affect device operation. This paper describes the use of computational chemical methods in modelling the interface formed when aluminum is deposited onto a thin film of polythiophene.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Wales Swansea, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK

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Maud, J.M. The aluminum/polythiophene interface: a case study in molecular electronics and computational chemistry. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 14, 717–720 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026139307064

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