Fabrication and characterization of controllable grain boundary arrays in solution-processed small molecule organic semiconductor films

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Wo, Songtao ^a   Headrick, Randall L ^a   Anthony, John E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE DIFFUSION; EFFECTIVE MOBILITIES; GRAIN BOUNDARY DENSITIES; GRAIN SIZE; HIGH ENERGY; NEGATIVE GATE; PENTACENES; POTENTIAL DROP; RATE-DETERMINING MECHANISMS; REGULAR ARRAY; SMALL-MOLECULE ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLUTION-PROCESSED; TIME CONSTANTS; TRANSIENT MEASUREMENT; TRAP DENSITY; WRITING SPEED;

CHARGE TRAPPING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MOLECULES; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; THIN FILMS;

GRAIN BOUNDARIES;

EID: 84861728380     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3698203     Document Type: Conference Paper

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