A high-mobility electron-transporting polymer for printed transistors

Nature

Volumn 457, Issue 7230, 2009, Pages 679-686

  Yan, He ^a   Chen, Zhihua ^a   Zheng, Yan ^a   Newman, Christopher ^a   Quinn, Jordan R ^a   Dötz, Florian ^b   Kastler, Marcel ^c   Facchetti, Antonio ^a  

^a POLYERA CORPORATION   (United States)

^b BASF Global Research Center Singapore   (Singapore)

^c BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; POLYMER; SOLVENT;

DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; GOLD; MOBILITY; PLASTIC; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FILM; LOW TEMPERATURE; PRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 59649111119     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07727     Document Type: Article

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