Spray deposition of organic semiconducting thin-films: Towards the fabrication of arbitrary shaped organic electronic devices

Organic Electronics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1031-1038

  Abdellah, Alaa ^a   Fabel, Bernhard ^a   Lugli, Paolo ^a   Scarpa, Giuseppe ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Organic electronics; P3HT; Process technology; Solution processing; Spray deposition

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; DROPS; FABRICATION; PHOTOTRANSISTORS; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; SUBSTRATES; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THIN FILM CIRCUITS; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; P3HT; PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES; SOLUTION-PROCESSING; SPRAY DEPOSITION;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 78249279138     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2010.02.018     Document Type: Article

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