Item Details

title

Structure-Function Relationships in Organic Charge-Transfer Complexes

author

Goetz, Katelyn Patricia

abstract

Organic charge-transfer complexes are ordered combinations of charge-donating (D) and charge-accepting (A) compounds. The proximity of the D and A units results in a partial degree of ionicity and a band structure that is a hybrid of the parent compounds, allowing the complex to exhibit interesting physical characteristics. These include metallicity, ambipolar semiconductivity, photoconductivity, ferroelectricity, and more. The focus of this work is to identify several structure-function relationships in charge-transfer complexes pertaining to organic field-effect transistors (OFETs). The materials of focus in these studies are perylene- 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane (perylene-TCNQ), dibenzotetrathiafulvalene-TCNQ (DBTTF-TCNQ), and stilbene-F4TCNQ.

subject

Charge-Transfer Complexes

Organic Electronics

Organic Semiconductors

Single Crystals

contributor

Jurchescu, Oana D (committee chair)

Holzwarth, Natalie A.W. (committee member)

Matthews, George E (committee member)

Williams, Richard T (committee member)

date

2016-05-21T08:35:50Z (accessioned)

2017-05-20T08:30:08Z (available)

2016 (issued)

degree

Physics (discipline)

embargo

2017-05-20 (terms)

identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/59312 (uri)

language

en (iso)

publisher

Wake Forest University

type

Dissertation