Magnetoconductance anisotropy of a polymer thin film at the onset of metallicity

Abstract

Thin films of poly(2,5-bis(3-dodecyl-2-yl)-thieno[3,2-b]thiophene) (C12-PBTTT) polymer under electrolyte gating and doping are investigated as model systems for organic thin films devices approaching the metallic side of a metal-insulator (M-I) transition. For the most doped samples, with an estimated density reaching 8×1020cm-3 holes and a conductivity exceeding 1000 S cm-1, a positive high-field magnetoconductance is found in a limited temperature range window and only when the field is perpendicular to the sample plane. This signature of weak localization, combined with indications of finite zero-temperature conductivity, allows us to identify delocalized metallic-like transport in these thin films, even though the conductivity decreases when cooling down the samples.