Monolithically integrated, flexible display of polymer-dispersed liquid crystal driven by rubber-stamped organic thin-film transistors

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 23, 2001, Pages 3592-3594

  Mach, P ^a   Rodriguez, S J ^a,b   Nortrup, R ^a,c   Wiltzius, P ^a   Rogers, J A ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c New Providence High School   (United States)

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EID: 0035806046     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1377312     Document Type: Article

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