Optically switchable organic field-effect transistors based on photoresponsive gold nanoparticles blended with poly(3-hexylthiophene)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 31, 2012, Pages 12375-12380

  Raimondo, Corinna ^a   Crivillers, Núria ^a   Reinders, Federica ^b   Sander, Fabian ^b   Mayor, Marcel ^b,c   Samorì, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charge transport; Multi gating; Multifunctional material; Responsive material

Indexed keywords

AZOBENZENE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; NANOCOATING; NANOMATERIAL; POLY(3 HEXYLTHIOPHENE); SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYER; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRODE; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; ISOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; THIOPHENES; TRANSISTORS, ELECTRONIC;

EID: 84864504692     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1203848109     Document Type: Article

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