Comprehensive approach to intrinsic charge carrier mobility in conjugated organic molecules, macromolecules, and supramolecular architectures

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1193-1202

  Saeki, Akinori ^a   Koizumi, Yoshiko ^a,b   Aida, Takuzo ^b,c   Seki, Shu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 84865316020     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar200283b     Document Type: Article

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