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Area of Science:

  • Organic electronics
  • Condensed matter physics
  • Materials science

Background:

  • High-mobility organic semiconductors (OSCs) can display metallic behavior.
  • Electron correlation drives metal-insulator transitions (MIT) in OSCs.
  • Continuous Anderson transitions are rare in OSCs due to challenges in controlling disorder.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a novel on-device strategy for controllable disorder in asymmetric molecular semiconductors.
  • To achieve tunable carrier localization and Anderson MIT without inducing structural phase transitions.
  • To provide a platform for studying the interplay between charge transport and disorder in organic systems.

Main Methods:

  • On-device disorder introduction in asymmetric molecular semiconductors.
  • Fine-tuning disorder levels by co-regulating temperature and electric fields.
  • Calculation of localization length and mean free path to confirm disorder effects.

Main Results:

  • Achieved tunable carrier localization and Anderson MIT.
  • Demonstrated disorder introduction without structural phase transitions.
  • Observed decreased localization length and mean free path with increased disorder.

Conclusions:

  • The developed strategy allows precise control over disorder in organic semiconductors.
  • This method facilitates the investigation of Anderson transitions in organic systems.
  • The findings offer insights into charge transport mechanisms in disordered organic materials.