Solution-processable organic semiconductors for thin-film transistors: Opportunities for chemical engineers

AIChE Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1066-1074

  Loo, Yueh Lin ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Organic semiconductors; Solution processing; Thin film transistors

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248585351     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11151     Document Type: Article

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