Air-stable, solution-processable n-channel and ambipolar semiconductors for thin-film transistors based on the indenofluorenebis(dicyanovinylene) core

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 27, 2008, Pages 8580-8581

  Usta, Hakan ^a   Facchetti, Antonio ^a   Marks, Tobin J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BROMINATION; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; FRIEDEL CRAFTS REACTION; POLYMERIZATION; REDUCTION; SEMICONDUCTOR; SUZUKI REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 46949093998     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja802266u     Document Type: Article

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