Photoconductive response in organic charge transfer interfaces with high quantum efficiency

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Alves, Helena ^a   Pinto, Rui M ^a,b   MaçÔas, Ermelinda S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

7,7,8,8 TETRACYANOQUINODIMETHANE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RUBRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFUSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONDUCTANCE; CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PHOTOCONDUCTION; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 84878713049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2890     Document Type: Article

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