Ac electrical parameters of Al-ZnPc-Al organic semiconducting films

Central European Journal of Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-104

  Kitaneh, Rushdi M L ^a   Saleh, Abdelkarim M ^a   Gould, Robert D ^b  

^a AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capacitance; Conductivity; Organic semiconductor; Thermal evaporation; ZnPc

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750904413     PISSN: 18951082     EISSN: 16443608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11534-005-0008-4     Document Type: Article

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