High-resolution direct-writing of metallic electrodes on flexible substrates for high performance organic field effect transistors

Organic Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2249-2256

  Bucella, Sadir G ^a,b   Nava, Giorgio ^a,b   Vishunubhatla, Krishna Chaitanya ^a   Caironi, Mario ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Direct writing; Femtosecond laser ablation; Inkjet printing; Organic field effect transistor

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRODES; FEMTOSECOND LASERS; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; INK; INK JET PRINTING; LASER ABLATION; MICROMETERS; ORGANIC LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SUBSTRATES; TEMPERATURE; TRANSISTORS;

COST-EFFECTIVE MANUFACTURING; DIRECT WRITING; ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; FIELD-EFFECT MOBILITIES; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; LATERAL PATTERNING; METALLIC ELECTRODES; SOURCE AND DRAIN ELECTRODES;

ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

EID: 84885475123     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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