Studies of polycrystalline pentacene thin-film transistors at the microscopic level

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6336, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Cheng, Horng Long ^a   Chou, Wei Yang ^a   Kuo, Chia Wei ^a   Mai, Yu Shen ^a   Tang, Fu Ching ^a   Lai, Szu Hao ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electronic transport properties; Microraman spectroscopy; Organic thin film transistors; Pentacene

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; EVAPORATION; LATTICE CONSTANTS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

LAYER THICKNESS; PENTACENE; POLYCRYSTALLINE STRUCTURES; VIBRATIONAL COUPLING ENERGY;

THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

EID: 33751440400     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.678724     Document Type: Conference Paper

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