N-channel semiconductor materials design for organic complementary circuits

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 501-510

  Usta, Hakan ^a,b   Facchetti, Antonio ^a,b   Marks, Tobin J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POLYERA CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORENE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; IMIDE; POLYMER; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR;

FLUORENES; IMIDES; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTORS; THIOPHENES;

EID: 79960542589     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar200006r     Document Type: Article

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