4.6 Article

Understanding asymmetric magnetoconductance in OLEDs: The effects of gradient magnetic fields

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ORGANIC ELECTRONICS
Volume 96, Issue -, Pages -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2021.106251

Keywords

Organic light-emitting diode; Magnetoconductance; Magnetoresistance; Asymmetry; Nonlinear gradient magnetic field

Funding

  1. China Scholarship Council
  2. EPSRC [EP/L020114/1, EP/K004484/1, EP/P007767/1]

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This study found that the symmetry of magnetoconductance can be broken in the presence of a nonlinear gradient magnetic field, especially in the ultra-weak magnetic field range. The asymmetry in magnetoconductance is sensitive to both the magnitude and direction of the nonlinear gradient magnetic field, and the modeled results are consistent with experimental observations. This work sheds light on the origin of asymmetric magnetoconductance and warns researchers about the potential impact of nonlinear gradient magnetic fields on magnetoconductance measurements.
Whilst symmetric forms of magnetoconductance (or magnetoresistance) in organic semiconductor devices have been widely observed and modelled over the past two decades, examples of asymmetric magnetoconductance do appear in the literature but have been largely overlooked and their origin has not been explained. Here, we demonstrate that the symmetry of the magnetoconductance can be broken in the presence of a nonlinear gradient magnetic field, especially within the ultra-weak magnetic field range (approximately -300 mu T to +300 mu T). Using a simple numerical model, we demonstrate that this asymmetry in magnetoconductance is sensitive to both the magnitude and direction of the nonlinear gradient magnetic field, and the modelled results are well matched with what has been experimentally observed. This work both explains the origin of the observed asymmetric magnetoconductance and cautions researchers about the potential effect of the nonlinear gradient magnetic fields on the magnetoconductance measurements.

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