Acenes generated from precursors and their semiconducting properties

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1606-1615

  Watanabe, Motonori ^a   Chen, Kew Yu ^b   Chang, Yuan Jay ^c   Chow, Tahsin J ^d  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84880295588     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar400002y     Document Type: Article

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