Garate, Jose-AntonioJose-AntonioGarateEnglish, Niall J.Niall J.EnglishSingh, AjayAjaySinghRyan, Kevin M.Kevin M.RyanMooney, Damian A.Damian A.MooneyMacElroy, J. M. DonJ. M. DonMacElroy2011-12-082011-12-082011 Ameri2011-09-21Langmuir0743-7463http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3386Molecular mechanisms of electrophoretic deposition (EPD) of poly(3-decylthiophene) (P3DT) molecules onto vertically aligned cadmium selenide arrays have been studied using large-scale, nonequilibrium molecular dynamics (MD), in the absence and presence of static external electric fields. The field application and larger polymer charges accelerated EPD. Placement of multiple polymers at the same lateral displacement from the surface reduced average deposition times due to “crowding”, giving monolayer coverage. These findings were used to develop and validate Brownian dynamics simulations of multilayer polymer EPD in scaled-up systems with larger inter-rod spacings, presenting a generalized picture in qualitative agreement with random sequential adsorption.755625 bytesapplication/pdfenThis document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Langmuir, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/la203227k.Molecular dynamicsGold surfacesElectric fieldElectrophoretic depositionNanorodP3HTP3DTLight-conducting polymerPolymer-heterojunction solar cellMolecular dynamicsElectric fieldsElectrophoretic depositionNanostructured materialsCadmium selenidePolythiophenesSolar cellsJournal Article2722135061351310.1021/la203227khttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/1.0/