Mobility enhancement in conjugated polymer field-effect transistors through chain alignment in a liquid-crystalline phase

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 406-408

  Sirringhaus, H ^a   Wilson, R J ^a   Friend, R H ^a   Inbasekaran, M ^b   Wu, W ^b   Woo, E P ^b   Grell, M ^c   Bradley, D D C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001090687     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.126991     Document Type: Article

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