Glass transition temperature prediction of disordered molecular solids

Autor: Kun-Han Lin, Leanne Paterson, Falk May, Denis Andrienko
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: npj Computational Materials, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2057-3960
DOI: 10.1038/s41524-021-00647-w
Popis: 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.
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