Polythiophenes: Important conjugated semiconducting polymers for organic field-effect transistors

Current Organic Chemistry

Volumn 14, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 2017-2033

  Lu, Kun ^a,b   Liu, Yunqi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Organic field effect transistors; Polythiophenes

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS; THIOPHENE;

AREA COST; CHAIN DISTRIBUTION; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; LOW-COST ELECTRONICS; OPTOELECTRONICS PROPERTY; ORGANIC FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS; PERFORMANCE; POLYTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVES; SIDE-CHAINS; STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS;

ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

EID: 78649960613     PISSN: 13852728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138527210793351607     Document Type: Article

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