横山研究室博士課程3年鮏川慶仁さんらによる「配座異性体分布が有機EL用非晶質有機半導体薄膜の物性に与える影響」に関する論文が、Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics誌（IF 3.43）に掲載されました。本研究は、横山研究室と片桐研究室の共同研究の成果です。

Effect of the conformer distribution on the properties of amorphous organic semiconductor films for organic light-emitting diodes
Yoshihito Sukegawa, Kaito Sato, Wataru Fujiwara, Hiroshi Katagiri, Daisuke Yokoyama
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/cp/d1cp00892g

Abstract:
With the remarkable improvement in the electrical and optical properties of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) in recent years, the details of the higher-order structure of vacuum-deposited amorphous organic films and its formation mechanism need to be understood. In particular, to clarify the effect of the higher-order structure on the film properties, it is necessary to analyze the molecular aggregation states in the vacuum-deposited amorphous films. Toward their deep understanding, the higher-order structure and film properties have often been discussed with relation to the surface diffusion and structural relaxation of the molecules immediately after deposition on the film surface. However, the effect of the variety of conformers, which is specific to amorphous organic materials, on the thermal and electrical properties of the films has not been deeply discussed. In this study, we focused on three structural isomers of OLED materials and discuss the effect of the conformer
distribution on the molecular aggregation states and thermal and electrical properties of the vacuum-deposited films. From their comparison, we found that the properties of the film composed of a relatively small number of stable conformers are superior to those of the other two films composed of relatively large numbers of stable conformers. This superiority originates from formation of aggregates of the same conformer, which become the starting points for crystallization when the film is heated. Our detailed comparison and discussion focusing on the variety of conformers will lead to a deeper understanding of the molecular aggregation states and physical properties of amorphous organic films.