Distinguishing between nonlinear channel transport and contact effects in organic FETs

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6658, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Hamadani, B H ^a   LeBoeuf, J L ^a   Kline, R J ^a   McCulloch, I ^b   Heeney, M ^b   Richter, C A ^a   Richter, L J ^a   Gundlach, D J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Merck Chemicals   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Channel resistance; Contact resistance; Organic field effect transistor; Poole Frenkel effect

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL RESISTANCE; ORGANIC FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR; POOLE-FRENKEL EFFECT;

CHARGE TRANSFER; CONTACT RESISTANCE; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRON INJECTION; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; THIOPHENE;

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

EID: 42149097773     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.734433     Document Type: Conference Paper

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