Synthesis and Electrical Properties of Nanorods and Nanotubes of Poly(3-hexylthiophene)

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Abstract

Nanorods and nanotubes (diameter 50 - 200 nm) of poly(3-hexylthiophene), P3HT, an organic semiconductor, were synthesized by electrochemical polymerization in a porous alumina template. FET devices have been constructed with a conducting channel of P3HT nanorods contacted by gold source and drain electrodes patterned on a SiO$_{2}$/Si substrate using e-beam lithography. Synthesis, characterization, and electrical measurements of the P3HT nanorods and nanotubes will be reported.

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Authors

  • Adrian Southard

    • Dept. of Physics and Center for Superconductivity Research at Univ. of MD

  • Seungil Cho

  • Miriam Berdichevsky

    • Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Univ. of MD

  • Michael Fuhrer

    • University of Maryland
    • Department of Physics and Center for Superconductivity Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-4111, USA
    • Dept. of Physics and Center for Superconductivity Research at Univ. of MD

  • Sang Jun Son

  • Sang Bok Lee

    • Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Univ. of MD