Crystal structure and charge-transport properties of N-trimethyltriindole: Novel p-type organic semiconductor single crystals

Organic Electronics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 643-652

  García Frutos, Eva M ^a   Gutierrez Puebla, Enrique ^a   Monge, M Angeles ^a   Ramírez, Rafael ^a,b   Andrés, Pedro de ^a   Andrés, Alicia de ^a   Gómez Lor, Berta ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hole transport; Organic semiconductor; Single crystals

Indexed keywords

CARRIER TRANSPORT; CHARGE INJECTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; HOLE MOBILITY; MOLECULES; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CHARGE TRANSPORT PROCESS; CURRENT VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONIC BAND STRUCTURE; HOLE TRANSPORTS; INTERNAL REORGANIZATIONS; P-TYPE ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; SINGLE CRYSTAL X-RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; SPACE-CHARGE-LIMITED CURRENT;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 67349084036     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2009.02.016     Document Type: Article

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