Title :
Effect of traps on the transport of charge carriers in single chains of conjugated polymers and in their macroscopic ensembles: a kinetic approach
Author :
Sworakowski, Juliusz ; Nespurek, Stanislav
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Phys. & Theor. Chem., Wroclaw Univ. of Technol., Poland
Abstract :
The paper presents results of a study of the localization of charge carriers on defects of isolated polymer chains and in assemblies of ordered chains. The discussion is based on the kinetic approach, already employed in earlier papers. A reversible creation and annihilation of traps in one-dimensional systems should result in a reversible modulation of the effective mobility of charge carriers, making possible the operation of a molecular optoelectrical switch.
Keywords :
carrier mobility; electron traps; polymers; 1D systems; charge carrier localization; charge carrier transport; conjugated polymers; effective charge carrier mobility; isolated polymer chains; kinetic approach; macroscopic ensembles; molecular optoelectrical switch; ordered chain assemblies; reversible creation; reversible modulation; trap annihilation; trap effect; Assembly; Charge carriers; Chemical technology; Chemistry; Isolation technology; Kinetic theory; Organic electronics; Paper technology; Polymers; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Electrets, 2005. ISE-12. 2005 12th International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9116-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISE.2005.1612398
