High-Field Magnetoresistance of Organic Semiconductors
Abstract
The magnetoelectronic field effects in organic semiconductors at high magnetic fields are described by field-dependent mixing between singlet and triplet states of weakly bound charge-carrier pairs due to small differences in their Landé g factors that arise from the weak spin-orbit coupling in the material. In this work, we corroborate theoretical models for the high-field magnetoresistance of organic semiconductors, in particular of diodes made of the conducting polymer poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene-sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) at low temperatures, by conducting magnetoresistance measurements along with multifrequency continuous-wave electrically detected magnetic-resonance experiments. The measurements are performed on identical devices under similar conditions in order to independently assess the magnetic-field-dependent spin-mixing mechanism, the so-called Δ g mechanism. An understanding of the microscopic origin of magnetoresistance in organic semiconductors is crucial for developing reliable magnetometer devices capable of operating over a broad range of magnetic fields of order 10-7-10 T .
- Publication:
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Physical Review Applied
- Pub Date:
- August 2018
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.10.024008
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1804.09297
- Bibcode:
- 2018PhRvP..10b4008J
- Keywords:
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- Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics;
- Condensed Matter - Materials Science
- E-Print:
- 12 pages, 3 figures