The path to ubiquitous and low-cost organic electronic appliances on plastic

Nature

Volumn 428, Issue 6986, 2004, Pages 911-918

  Forrest, Stephen R ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; THIN FILMS;

ORGANIC ELECTRONIC APPLIANCES; THIN-FILM ORGANIC DEVICES;

PLASTICS APPLICATIONS;

PLASTIC; SILICON;

COST; ELECTRONICS; FILM; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMICONDUCTOR; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 2342486652     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02498     Document Type: Review

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