The current-voltage dependence of nominally undoped thin conjugated polymer films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 693-695

  Freire, José A ^a   Da Luz, M G E ^a   Ma, Dongge ^a   Hummelgen, I A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

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EID: 0010799529     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.127088     Document Type: Article

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