A simple droplet pinning method for polymer film deposition for measuring charge transport in a thin film transistor

Organic Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2450-2460

  Li, Hanying ^a,b   Mei, Jianguo ^a   Ayzner, Alexander L ^a,c   Toney, Michael F ^c   Tok, Jeffrey B H ^a   Bao, Zhenan ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Field effect transistors; High mobility; Organic electronics; Polymer film casting; Reduced material consumption

Indexed keywords

CASTING; DEPOSITION; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS; THIN FILM CIRCUITS; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; THIN FILMS;

FIELD-EFFECT MOBILITIES; HIGH MOBILITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE MATERIAL; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; POLYMER FILM CASTING; REDUCED MATERIAL CONSUMPTION; THIN FILM FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 84865056942     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2012.07.011     Document Type: Article

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