One-step method of producing uniaxially oriented layers of organic discotic molecules for field-effect transistors

Nonlinear Optics Quantum Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 207-218

  Miskiewicz, P ^a   Rybak, A ^a   Jung, J ^a   Glowacki, I ^a   Maniukiewicz, W ^a   Tracz, A ^b   Pfleger, J ^c   Ulanski, J ^a   Mullen K ^d  

^a LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b CENTRE OF MOLECULAR AND MACROMOLECULAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anisotropic thin layers; Discotic liquid crystals; FETs; Organic semiconductors; Zone casting

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARRIER TRANSPORT; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ANISOTROPIC THIN LAYERS; DISCOTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; HEXA-BENZOCORONENE (P-TYPE); ZONE-CASTING;

SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34249787018     PISSN: 15430537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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