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A map to find winners

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High-mobility molecular crystals can be identified by considering only the sign and relative magnitude of the electronic coupling between neighbouring molecules. A map helps to explain experimental mobilities and to design promising materials.

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Figure 1: Illustration of the localization of a charge on a two-dimensional lattice, and the dependence of the localization length, and hence mobility, on the relative magnitude and sign of the electronic couplings between neighbouring molecules.

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