Two-dimensional charge transport in self-organized, high-mobility conjugated polymers

Nature

Volumn 401, Issue 6754, 1999, Pages 685-688

  Sirringhaus, H ^a   Brown, P J ^a   Friend, R H ^a   Nielsen, M M ^b   Bechgaard, K ^b   Langeveld Voss, B M W ^c   Spiering, A J H ^c   Janssen, R A J ^c   Meijer, E W ^c   Herwig, P ^d   De Leeuw, D M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

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ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FILM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033554710     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/44359     Document Type: Article

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