Azine- and azole-functionalized oligó and polythiophene semiconductors for organic thin-film transistors

Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1533-1558

  Ortiz, Rocío Ponce ^a   Yan, He ^b   Facchetti, Antonio ^a,b   Marks, Tobin J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POLYERA CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Azine; Azole; Organic field effect transistors; Thiophene

Indexed keywords

AZINE; AZOLE; ELECTRON-DEFICIENT; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; SEQUENTIAL FUNCTIONALIZATION; SMALL MOLECULE AND POLYMER; SYNTHETIC STRATEGIES;

ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; THIOPHENE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

EID: 77957872304     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma3031533     Document Type: Review

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