A stable solution-processed polymer semiconductor with record high-mobility for printed transistors

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Li, Jun ^a   Zhao, Yan ^b   Tan, Huei Shuan ^a   Guo, Yunlong ^b   Di, Chong An ^b   Yu, Gui ^b   Liu, Yunqi ^b   Lin, Ming ^a   Lim, Suo Hon ^a   Zhou, Yuhua ^d   Su, Haibin ^d   Ong, Beng S ^a,c,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRONICS; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

ELECTRONICS; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SILICON; SOLUTIONS; TRANSISTORS, ELECTRONIC;

EID: 84868281437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00754     Document Type: Article

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