Field-effect transistors on tetracene single crystals

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 4345-4347

  De Boer, R W I ^a   Klapwijk, T M ^a   Morpurgo, A F ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRON DEVICE MANUFACTURE; OLEFINS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THIN FILMS; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

CRYSTAL QUALITY; FIELD EFFECT MOBILITY; GATE VOLTAGE DEPENDENCE; TETRACENE;

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

EID: 0347477178     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1629144     Document Type: Article

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