Band-like temperature dependence of mobility in a solution-processed organic semiconductor

Nature Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 736-740

  Sakanoue, Tomo ^a   Sirringhaus, Henning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; LASERS; MASERS; MOLECULES; NEGATIVE TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; LATERAL ELECTRIC FIELD; LOCALIZED TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR SINGLE CRYSTALS; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; SOLUTION-PROCESSED; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE VALUES;

TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77956022893     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2825     Document Type: Article

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