Strain sensitivity and transport properties in organic field-effect transistors

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-115

  Cosseddu, P ^a,b   Milita, S ^b   Bonfiglio, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Organic semiconductors; sensors

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; DEVICE RESPONSE; DEVICE SENSITIVITY; DISORDERED STRUCTURES; MECHANICAL STIMULUS; POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE-2 ,5-DIYL); STRAIN SENSITIVITY; STRAIN SENSORS; STRUCTURAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; STRUCTURAL INVESTIGATION;

POLYMERIC FILMS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SENSORS; TRANSISTORS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

EID: 84655167735     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2011.2173898     Document Type: Article

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