Solution-processable oligothiophene derivatives with branched alkyl chains and their thin-film transistor characteristics

Chemistry Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-61

  Lu, Ming ^a,b   Nagamatsu, Shuichi ^a,c   Yoshida, Yuji ^a   Chikamatsu, Masayuki ^a   Azumi, Reiko ^a   Yase, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b HARBIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 76149116917     PISSN: 03667022     EISSN: 13480715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/cl.2010.60     Document Type: Article

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