Highly mobile electrons and holes on isolated chains of the semiconducting polymer poly(phenylene vinylene)

Nature

Volumn 392, Issue 6671, 1998, Pages 54-56

  Hoofman, Romano J O M ^a   De Haas, Matthijs P ^a   Slebbeles, Laurens D A ^a   Warman, John M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

ONE DIMENSIONAL; POLYPHENYLENE VINYLENE;

SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS;

BENZENE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RADIOLYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE CHARGE;

EID: 0032485491     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/32118     Document Type: Article

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