Photoconducting liquid crystals

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 569-578

  Bushby, Richard J ^a   Lozman, Owen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calamitic; Carrier mobility; Discotic; Mesophase; Organic light emitting diode; Photovoltaic; Time resolved microwave conduction; Time of flight photoconduction

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MOBILITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; HOLE MOBILITY; IONS; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; SELF ASSEMBLY; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

PHOTO-GENERATED IONS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

CONDUCTION; LIQUID CRYSTAL;

EID: 0038240696     PISSN: 13590286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0286(03)00007-X     Document Type: Article

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