Abrupt heating-induced high-quality crystalline rubrene thin films for organic thin-film transistors

Organic Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1446-1453

  Lee, Hyeok Moo ^a   Moon, Hanul ^a   Kim, Hyo Sik ^a   Kim, Yong Nam ^a   Choi, Sung Min ^a   Yoo, Seunghyup ^a   Cho, Sung Oh ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

High quality crystalline film; Organic semiconductor active layer; Organic thin film transistors (OTFTs); Rubrene

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SURFACE TREATMENT; THIN FILM CIRCUITS; THIN FILMS;

ACTIVE LAYER; CRYSTALLINE FILMS; DIELECTRIC SURFACE MODIFICATIONS; EFFECTIVE APPROACHES; ON/OFF CURRENT RATIO; ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTOR (OTFTS); ORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; RUBRENES;

THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

EID: 79958029745     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2011.05.015     Document Type: Article

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