Charge mobility measurement techniques in organic semiconductors

Optical and Quantum Electronics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 69-89

  Tiwari, Sanjay ^a,b   Greenham, N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b PT RAVISHANKAR SHUKLA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Charge transport; Conjugated polymers; Mobility; Organic electronics; Polymeric field effect transistor; Polymeric light emitting diode

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSPORT; MOBILITY; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; POLYMERIC FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR; POLYMERIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; CURRENT DENSITY; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED); ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

CARRIER MOBILITY;

EID: 70349467852     PISSN: 03068919     EISSN: 1572817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11082-009-9323-0     Document Type: Article

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