Photoconductive properties of smectic liquid crystalline photoconductors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4801, Issue , 2002, Pages 99-113

  Hanna, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carrier transport; Mobility; Organic semiconductor; Photo carrier generation; Photoconductivity; Self organization; Smectic liquid crystal

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CARRIER MOBILITY; PHOTOCONDUCTING MATERIALS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CARRIER TRANSPORT; PHOTOCARRIER GENERATION; SELF ORGANIZING MOLECULAR SEMICONDUCTORS;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0037950338     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.456324     Document Type: Conference Paper

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