Glass transition temperature prediction of disordered molecular solids

Abstract Glass transition temperature, T g, is the key quantity for assessing morphological stability and molecular ordering of films of organic semiconductors. A reliable prediction of T g from the chemical structure is, however, challenging, as it is sensitive to both molecular interactions and an...

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Autores principales: Kun-Han Lin, Leanne Paterson, Falk May, Denis Andrienko
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Sumario:Abstract Glass transition temperature, T g, is the key quantity for assessing morphological stability and molecular ordering of films of organic semiconductors. A reliable prediction of T g from the chemical structure is, however, challenging, as it is sensitive to both molecular interactions and analysis of the heating or cooling process. By combining a fitting protocol with an automated workflow for forcefield parameterization, we predict T g with a mean absolute error of ~20 °C for a set of organic compounds with T g in the 50–230 °C range. Our study establishes a reliable and automated prescreening procedure for the design of amorphous organic semiconductors, essential for the optimization and development of organic light-emitting diodes.