Coulomb-blockade transport in single-crystal organic thin-film transistors

Nature

Volumn 404, Issue 6781, 2000, Pages 977-980

  Schoonveld, W A ^a   Wildeman, J ^a   Fichou, D ^b   Bobbert, P A ^c   Van Wees, B J ^a   Klapwijk, T M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 0034720238     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35010073     Document Type: Article

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