Strain sensitivity and durability in p-type and n-type organic thin-film transistors with printed silver electrodes

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Fukuda, Kenjiro ^a   Hikichi, Kenta ^a   Sekine, Tomohito ^a   Takeda, Yasunori ^a   Minamiki, Tsukuru ^a   Kumaki, Daisuke ^a   Tokito, Shizuo ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84893846696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02048     Document Type: Article

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