Ambipolar charge carrier transport in liquid crystals

Opto-Electronics Review

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 295-302

  Iino, H ^a   Hanna, J ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ambipolar charge carrier transport; Electron; Hole; Liquid crystal; Mobility; Organic semiconductors

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRONS; HALL MOBILITY; HOLE MOBILITY; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

AMBIPOLAR; CHEMICAL IMPURITIES; DISCOTIC LIQUID CRYSTAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HOLE; INTRINSIC NATURE; IONIC TRANSPORTS; UNIQUE FEATURES;

CARRIER TRANSPORT;

EID: 31144473163     PISSN: 12303402     EISSN: 18963757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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