Large modulation of carrier transport by grain-boundary molecular packing and microstructure in organic thin films

Nature Materials

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 952-958

  Rivnay, Jonathan ^a   Jimison, Leslie H ^a   Northrup, John E ^b   Toney, Michael F ^c   Noriega, Rodrigo ^d   Lu, Shaofeng ^e   Marks, Tobin J ^f   Facchetti, Antonio ^e,f   Salleo, Alberto ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e POLYERA CORPORATION   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; AMORPHOUS SILICON; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; SEMICONDUCTOR INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; THIN FILMS; X RAY SCATTERING;

CRYSTALLINE DOMAINS; GRAIN BOUNDARY ORIENTATION; GRAIN BOUNDARY STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR SEMICONDUCTORS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PRINTED ELECTRONICS; SOLUTION PROCESSABLE; TRANSISTOR CHARACTERIZATIONS;

MICROSTRUCTURE;

EID: 70549104871     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2570     Document Type: Article

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