Photoswitching of an n-type organic field effect transistor by a reversible photochromic reaction in the dielectric film

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3105-3114

  Lutsyk, Petro ^a   Janus, Krzysztof ^a   Sworakowski, Juliusz ^a   Generali, Gianluca ^b   Capelli, Raffaella ^b   Muccini, Michele ^b  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; DIELECTRIC LAYER; GATE VOLTAGES; INITIAL PARAMETER; METASTABLE FORM; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR; PERYLENE DERIVATIVES; PHOTO-CHROMIC MATERIALS; PHOTOCHROMIC REACTIONS; PHOTOSWITCHING; POLYMER DIELECTRICS; POLYMERIC INSULATORS; REVERSIBLE CHANGE; SEMICONDUCTOR-DIELECTRIC INTERFACE; SOURCE-DRAIN CURRENT; SPIROPYRANS; UV LIGHT; VISIBLE LIGHT;

CHROMOGENICS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIELECTRIC FILMS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DRAIN CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ESTERS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; PHOTOCHROMISM; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

EID: 79951893061     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp108982x     Document Type: Article

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