Optoelectronic properties and memories based on organic single-crystal thin films

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 235-245

  Liu, Chong Yang ^a   Bard, Allen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEVICE; DISPLAY SYSTEM; ELECTRONICS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OPTICS; REVIEW;

EID: 0032911562     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar980031n     Document Type: Review

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